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/* gvSIG. Geographic Information System of the Valencian Government
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*
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* Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Infrastructures and Transports Department
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* of the Valencian Gobernment (CIT)
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*
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* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
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* of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU General Public License for more details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
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* MA 02110-1301, USA.
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*
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*/
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/*
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* AUTHORS (In addition to CIT):
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* 2009 {DiSiD Technologies} {{Task}}
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*/
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package org.gvsig.tools.util; |
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import java.util.Set; |
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/**
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* Loads a set of instances of classes which implement or extend an interface or
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* class.
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* <p>
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* Has the same purpose as the java.util.ServiceLoader class available since JDK
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* 1.6.
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* </p>
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*
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* @see <a
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* href="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ServiceLoader.html">java.util.ServiceLoader</a>
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* @author <a href="mailto:cordinyana@gvsig.org">C?sar Ordi?ana</a>
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*/
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public interface ServiceLoader { |
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/**
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* Loads a {@link Set} of a object instances which implement or extended a
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* common service interface or class.
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*
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* @param serviceClass
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* the interface or class which the loaded objects must implement
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* or extend
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* @return the {@link Set} of loaded object instances
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*/
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Set load(Class serviceClass); |
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/**
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* Loads a {@link Set} of a object instances which implement or extended a
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* common service interface or class. The classes are loaded through the
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* provided {@link ClassLoader}
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*
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* @param serviceClass
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* the interface or class which the loaded objects must implement
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* or extend
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* @param classLoader
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* the {@link ClassLoader} to load the classes from
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* @return the {@link Set} of loaded object instances
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*/
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Set load(Class serviceClass, ClassLoader classLoader); |
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} |