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package org.spongepowered.asm.service;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Interface for interacting with transforming classloaders. This service
 * component is entirely optional and services can elect to return <tt>null</tt>
 * if the platform does not support interacting with the transformer chain (or
 * doesn't <em>have</em> a transformer chain!)
 */
public interface ITransformerProvider {

    /**
     * Get currently available transformers in the environment
     */
    public abstract Collection<ITransformer> getTransformers();

    /**
     * Get currently available transformers in the environment
     */
    public abstract Collection<ITransformer> getDelegatedTransformers();
    
    /**
     * Adds a transformer to the transformer exclusions list
     * 
     * @param name Class transformer exclusion to add
     */
    public abstract void addTransformerExclusion(String name);

}