1. /*

  2.  * @(#)LoaderHandler.java	1.13 00/02/02

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 1996-2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  5.  * 

  6.  * This software is the proprietary information of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  

  7.  * Use is subject to license terms.

  8.  * 

  9.  */

  10. 

  11. package java.rmi.server;

  12. 

  13. import java.net.MalformedURLException;

  14. import java.net.URL;

  15. 

  16. /**

  17.  * <code>LoaderHandler</code> is an interface used internally by the RMI

  18.  * runtime in previous implementation versions.  It should never be accessed

  19.  * by application code.

  20.  *

  21.  * @version 1.13, 02/02/00

  22.  * @author  Ann Wollrath

  23.  * @since   JDK1.1

  24.  *

  25.  * @deprecated no replacement

  26.  */

  27. public interface LoaderHandler {

  28. 

  29.     /** package of system <code>LoaderHandler</code> implementation. */

  30.     final static String packagePrefix = "sun.rmi.server";

  31. 

  32.     /**

  33.      * Loads a class from the location specified by the

  34.      * <code>java.rmi.server.codebase</code> property.

  35.      *

  36.      * @param  name the name of the class to load

  37.      * @return the <code>Class</code> object representing the loaded class

  38.      * @exception MalformedURLException

  39.      *            if the system property <b>java.rmi.server.codebase</b>

  40.      *            contains an invalid URL

  41.      * @exception ClassNotFoundException

  42.      *            if a definition for the class could not

  43.      *            be found at the codebase location.

  44.      * @since JDK1.1

  45.      * @deprecated no replacement

  46.      */

  47.     Class loadClass(String name)

  48. 	throws MalformedURLException, ClassNotFoundException;

  49. 

  50.     /**

  51.      * Loads a class from a URL.

  52.      *

  53.      * @param codebase  the URL from which to load the class

  54.      * @param name      the name of the class to load

  55.      * @return the <code>Class</code> object representing the loaded class

  56.      * @exception MalformedURLException

  57.      *            if the <code>codebase</code> paramater

  58.      *            contains an invalid URL

  59.      * @exception ClassNotFoundException

  60.      *            if a definition for the class could not

  61.      *            be found at the specified URL

  62.      * @since JDK1.1

  63.      * @deprecated no replacement

  64.      */

  65.     Class loadClass(URL codebase, String name)

  66. 	throws MalformedURLException, ClassNotFoundException;

  67. 

  68.     /**

  69.      * Returns the security context of the given class loader.

  70.      *

  71.      * @param loader  a class loader from which to get the security context

  72.      * @return the security context

  73.      * @since JDK1.1

  74.      * @deprecated no replacement

  75.      */

  76.     Object getSecurityContext(ClassLoader loader);

  77. }