001    /*
002     * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
003     *
004     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
008     *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009     *
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    
017    package org.codehaus.gmaven.runtime;
018    
019    import org.codehaus.gmaven.feature.Component;
020    import org.codehaus.gmaven.runtime.util.ClassSource;
021    import org.codehaus.gmaven.runtime.util.ResourceLoader;
022    
023    /**
024     * Provides an abstraction to load Groovy classes.
025     *
026     * @version $Id: ClassFactory.java 11 2009-07-16 09:25:38Z user57 $
027     * @author <a href="mailto:jason@planet57.com">Jason Dillon</a>
028     */
029    public interface ClassFactory
030        extends Component
031    {
032        String KEY = ClassFactory.class.getName();
033    
034        Class create(ClassSource classSource, ClassLoader classLoader, ResourceLoader resourceLoader) throws Exception;
035    
036        Class create(ClassSource classSource, ClassLoader classLoader) throws Exception;
037    
038        Class create(String className, ClassLoader classLoader, ResourceLoader resourceLoader) throws Exception;
039    
040        Class create(String className, ClassLoader classLoader) throws Exception;
041    }