1. /*

  2.  * @(#)LoaderHandler.java	1.18 04/05/18

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

  5.  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.

  6.  */

  7. 

  8. package java.rmi.server;

  9. 

  10. import java.net.MalformedURLException;

  11. import java.net.URL;

  12. 

  13. /**

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

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

  16.  * by application code.

  17.  *

  18.  * @version 1.18, 05/18/04

  19.  * @author  Ann Wollrath

  20.  * @since   JDK1.1

  21.  *

  22.  * @deprecated no replacement

  23.  */

  24. @Deprecated

  25. public interface LoaderHandler {

  26. 

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

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

  29. 

  30.     /**

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

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

  33.      *

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

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

  36.      * @exception MalformedURLException

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

  38.      *            contains an invalid URL

  39.      * @exception ClassNotFoundException

  40.      *            if a definition for the class could not

  41.      *            be found at the codebase location.

  42.      * @since JDK1.1

  43.      * @deprecated no replacement

  44.      */

  45.     @Deprecated

  46.     Class<?> loadClass(String name)

  47. 	throws MalformedURLException, ClassNotFoundException;

  48. 

  49.     /**

  50.      * Loads a class from a URL.

  51.      *

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

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

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

  55.      * @exception MalformedURLException

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

  57.      *            contains an invalid URL

  58.      * @exception ClassNotFoundException

  59.      *            if a definition for the class could not

  60.      *            be found at the specified URL

  61.      * @since JDK1.1

  62.      * @deprecated no replacement

  63.      */

  64.     @Deprecated

  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.     @Deprecated

  77.     Object getSecurityContext(ClassLoader loader);

  78. }