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  25 
  26 package java.rmi.server;
  27 
  28 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
  29 import java.net.URL;
  30 
  31 /**
  32  * <code>LoaderHandler</code> is an interface used internally by the RMI
  33  * runtime in previous implementation versions.  It should never be accessed
  34  * by application code.
  35  *
  36  * @author  Ann Wollrath
  37  * @since   1.1
  38  *
  39  * @deprecated no replacement
  40  */
  41 @Deprecated
  42 public interface LoaderHandler {
  43 
  44     /** package of system <code>LoaderHandler</code> implementation. */
  45     final static String packagePrefix = "sun.rmi.server";
  46 
  47     /**
  48      * Loads a class from the location specified by the
  49      * <code>java.rmi.server.codebase</code> property.
  50      *
  51      * @param  name the name of the class to load
  52      * @return the <code>Class</code> object representing the loaded class
  53      * @exception MalformedURLException
  54      *            if the system property <b>java.rmi.server.codebase</b>
  55      *            contains an invalid URL
  56      * @exception ClassNotFoundException
  57      *            if a definition for the class could not
  58      *            be found at the codebase location.
  59      * @since 1.1
  60      * @deprecated no replacement
  61      */
  62     @Deprecated
  63     Class<?> loadClass(String name)
  64         throws MalformedURLException, ClassNotFoundException;
  65 
  66     /**
  67      * Loads a class from a URL.
  68      *
  69      * @param codebase  the URL from which to load the class
  70      * @param name      the name of the class to load
  71      * @return the <code>Class</code> object representing the loaded class
  72      * @exception MalformedURLException
  73      *            if the <code>codebase</code> paramater
  74      *            contains an invalid URL
  75      * @exception ClassNotFoundException
  76      *            if a definition for the class could not
  77      *            be found at the specified URL
  78      * @since 1.1
  79      * @deprecated no replacement
  80      */
  81     @Deprecated
  82     Class<?> loadClass(URL codebase, String name)
  83         throws MalformedURLException, ClassNotFoundException;
  84 
  85     /**
  86      * Returns the security context of the given class loader.
  87      *
  88      * @param loader  a class loader from which to get the security context
  89      * @return the security context
  90      * @since 1.1
  91      * @deprecated no replacement
  92      */
  93     @Deprecated
  94     Object getSecurityContext(ClassLoader loader);
  95 }