Repository.java

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package org.jppf.example.extendedclassloading;
import java.net.URL;
import org.jppf.classloader.AbstractJPPFClassLoader;
/**
 * A repository manages a store of Java libraries on the node. These libraries are downloaded
 * on demand from a JPPF client and can be added dynamically to the classpath of a client class loader. 
 * @author Laurent Cohen
 */
public interface Repository {
  /**
   * Download the elements of the specified classpath, via the specified class loader, and save them to this repository's persistent store.
   * This method only downloads the elements that are not already present in the repository.
   * @param classpath contains the list of classpath elements to download.
   * @param cl the class loader to use to download the classpath elements.
   * @return an array of URLs corresponding to the elements in the classpath.
   */
  URL[] download(ClassPath classpath, AbstractJPPFClassLoader cl);
  /**
   * Delete the elements specified by a filter from this repository's persistent store.
   * @param filter the filter which provides the repository elements to delete.
   */
  void delete(RepositoryFilter filter);
  /**
   * Perform cleanup operations on this repository.
   */
  void cleanup();
}