001/* 002 * Trident - A Multithreaded Server Alternative 003 * Copyright 2014 The TridentSDK Team 004 * 005 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 006 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 007 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 008 * 009 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 010 * 011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 015 * limitations under the License. 016 */ 017package net.tridentsdk.plugin; 018 019import net.tridentsdk.docs.PossiblyThreadSafe; 020 021import java.util.Map; 022 023/** 024 * Loads plugin classes 025 * 026 * @author The TridentSDK Team 027 * @since 0.4-alpha 028 */ 029@PossiblyThreadSafe 030public interface PluginLoader { 031 /** 032 * Links all of the class dependencies 033 * 034 * @param c the class to link 035 */ 036 void link(Class<?> c); 037 038 /** 039 * Creates a new Java class object for the class and the class source given 040 * 041 * @param name the class name 042 * @param source the class bytecode 043 * @return the class representing the bytes given 044 */ 045 Class<?> defineClass(String name, byte[] source); 046 047 /** 048 * Lists the class as loaded 049 * 050 * @param cls the class to list 051 */ 052 void putClass(Class<?> cls); 053 054 /** 055 * Obtains the classes loaded by this plugin loader 056 * 057 * @return the class mapped to the class name, class 058 */ 059 Map<String, Class<?>> loadedClasses(); 060 061 /** 062 * Unloads the classes that were loaded from this class loader 063 */ 064 void unloadClasses(); 065}