framework/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/moduleloader/IContentLoader.java

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package org.apache.felix.moduleloader;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Enumeration;

public interface IContentLoader
{
    public void open();
    public void close();

    public IContent getContent();

    public void setSearchPolicy(ISearchPolicy searchPolicy);
    public ISearchPolicy getSearchPolicy();

    public void setURLPolicy(IURLPolicy urlPolicy);
    public IURLPolicy getURLPolicy();

    public Class getClass(String name);
    public URL getResource(String name);
    public Enumeration getResources(String name);
    public URL getResourceFromContent(String name);

    // TODO: ML - For expediency, the index argument was added to these methods
    // but it is not clear that this makes sense in the long run. This needs to
    // be readdressed in the future, perhaps by the spec to clearly indicate
    // how resources on the bundle class path are searched, which is why we
    // need the index number in the first place -- to differentiate among
    // resources with the same name on the bundle class path. This was previously
    // handled as part of the resource path, but that approach is not spec
    // compliant.
    public boolean hasInputStream(int index, String urlPath)
        throws IOException;
    public InputStream getInputStream(int index, String urlPath)
        throws IOException;
}