org.glassfish.web.loader
Interface Reloader

All Known Implementing Classes:

WebappClassLoader

public interface Reloader

Internal interface that ClassLoader implementations may optionally implement to support the auto-reload functionality of the classloader associated with the context.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1.2.1 $ $Date: 2007/08/17 15:46:27 $

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Method Summary

void	addRepository(java.lang.String repository) Add a new repository to the set of places this ClassLoader can look for classes to be loaded.
boolean	modified() Have one or more classes or resources been modified so that a reload is appropriate?

Method Detail

addRepository

void addRepository(java.lang.String repository)

Add a new repository to the set of places this ClassLoader can look for classes to be loaded.

Parameters:

repository - Name of a source of classes to be loaded, such as a directory pathname, a JAR file pathname, or a ZIP file pathname

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the specified repository is invalid or does not exist

modified

boolean modified()

Have one or more classes or resources been modified so that a reload is appropriate?