/*
 * @(#)DefaultLoaderRepository.java	1.34 05/11/17
 * 
 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package javax.management;

import javax.management.loading.ClassLoaderRepository;
import com.sun.jmx.trace.Trace;

/**
 * <p>Keeps the list of Class Loaders registered in the MBean Server.
 * It provides the necessary methods to load classes using the registered 
 * Class Loaders.</p>
 *
 * <p>This deprecated class is maintained for compatibility.  In
 * previous versions of the JMX API, there was one
 * <code>DefaultLoaderRepository</code> shared by all MBean servers.
 * As of version 1.2 of the JMX API, that functionality is
 * approximated by using {@link MBeanServerFactory#findMBeanServer} to
 * find all known MBean servers, and consulting the {@link
 * ClassLoaderRepository} of each one.  It is strongly recommended
 * that code referencing <code>DefaultLoaderRepository</code> be
 * rewritten.</p>
 *
 * @deprecated Use 
 * {@link javax.management.MBeanServer#getClassLoaderRepository()} 
 * instead.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 */
@Deprecated
public class DefaultLoaderRepository {
    /**
     * Go through the list of class loaders and try to load the requested class.
     * The method will stop as soon as the class is found. If the class
     * is not found the method will throw a <CODE>ClassNotFoundException</CODE>
     * exception.
     *
     * @param className The name of the class to be loaded.
     *
     * @return the loaded class.
     *
     * @exception ClassNotFoundException The specified class could not be found.
     */
    public static Class loadClass(String className) 
	throws ClassNotFoundException {
	return javax.management.loading.DefaultLoaderRepository.loadClass(className);
    }


    /**
     * Go through the list of class loaders but exclude the given class loader, then try to load 
     * the requested class.
     * The method will stop as soon as the class is found. If the class
     * is not found the method will throw a <CODE>ClassNotFoundException</CODE>
     * exception.
     *
     * @param className The name of the class to be loaded.
     * @param loader The class loader to be excluded.
     *
     * @return the loaded class.
     *
     * @exception ClassNotFoundException The specified class could not be found.
     */
    public static Class loadClassWithout(ClassLoader loader,String className)
	throws ClassNotFoundException {	
	return javax.management.loading.DefaultLoaderRepository.loadClassWithout(loader, className);
    }
       
 }