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package javax.management;

import javax.management.loading.ClassLoaderRepository;

/**
 * <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);
    }

 }