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- /*
- * Copyright (C) 2012-present the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
- package org.pf4j;
-
- import java.nio.file.Path;
-
- /**
- * Load all information (classes) needed by a plugin.
- * <p>
- * The plugin loader is responsible for creating a class loader for a plugin
- * and loading all classes/resources needed by the plugin.
- *
- * @author Decebal Suiu
- */
- public interface PluginLoader {
-
- /**
- * Returns {@code true} if this loader is applicable to the given plugin path.
- * This is used to select the appropriate loader for a given plugin path.
- *
- * @param pluginPath the plugin path
- * @return true if this loader is applicable to the given {@link Path}
- */
- boolean isApplicable(Path pluginPath);
-
- /**
- * Load all information (classes) needed by a plugin.
- *
- * @param pluginPath the plugin path
- * @param pluginDescriptor the plugin descriptor
- * @return the class loader for the plugin
- */
- ClassLoader loadPlugin(Path pluginPath, PluginDescriptor pluginDescriptor);
-
- }
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