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package com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.util;

import com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.JavaClass;

/**
 * Abstract definition of a class repository. Instances may be used
 * to load classes from different sources and may be used in the
 * Repository.setRepository method.
 *
 * @see com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.Repository
 * @LastModified: Jan 2020
 */
public interface Repository {

    /**
     * Stores the provided class under "clazz.getClassName()"
     */
    void storeClass(JavaClass clazz);

    /**
     * Removes class from repository
     */
    void removeClass(JavaClass clazz);

    /**
     * Finds the class with the name provided, if the class isn't there, return NULL.
     */
    JavaClass findClass(String className);

    /**
     * Finds the class with the name provided, if the class isn't there, make an attempt to load it.
     */
    JavaClass loadClass(String className) throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException;

    /**
     * Finds the JavaClass instance for the given run-time class object
     */
    JavaClass loadClass(Class<?> clazz) throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException;

    /**
     * Clears all entries from cache.
     */
    void clear();
}