/* URLLoader.java --  base helper class for URLClassLoader
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package gnu.java.net.loader;

import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLClassLoader;
import java.net.URLStreamHandlerFactory;
import java.security.CodeSource;
import java.security.cert.Certificate;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.jar.Manifest;

/**
 * A <code>URLLoader</code> contains all logic to load resources from a
 * given base <code>URL</code>.
 */
public abstract class URLLoader
{
  /**
   * Our classloader to get info from if needed.
   */
  final URLClassLoader classloader;

  /**
   * The base URL from which all resources are loaded.
   */
  final URL baseURL;

  /**
   * The stream handler factory.
   */
  final URLStreamHandlerFactory factory;

  /**
   * The source for stream handlers.
   */
  final URLStreamHandlerCache cache;

  /**
   * A <code>CodeSource</code> without any associated certificates.
   * It is common for classes to not have certificates associated
   * with them.  If they come from the same <code>URLLoader</code>
   * then it is safe to share the associated <code>CodeSource</code>
   * between them since <code>CodeSource</code> is immutable.
   */
  final CodeSource noCertCodeSource;

  public URLLoader(URLClassLoader classloader, URLStreamHandlerCache cache,
                   URLStreamHandlerFactory factory,
                   URL baseURL)
  {
    this(classloader, cache, factory, baseURL, baseURL);
  }

  public URLLoader(URLClassLoader classloader, URLStreamHandlerCache cache,
                   URLStreamHandlerFactory factory,
                   URL baseURL, URL overrideURL)
  {
    this.classloader = classloader;
    this.baseURL = baseURL;
    this.factory = factory;
    this.cache = cache;
    this.noCertCodeSource = new CodeSource(overrideURL, (Certificate[]) null);
  }

  /**
   * Return the base URL of this loader.
   */
  public final URL getBaseURL()
  {
    return baseURL;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a <code>Class</code> loaded by this
   * <code>URLLoader</code>, or <code>null</code> when this loader
   * either can't load the class or doesn't know how to load classes
   * at all.  Most subclasses do not need to override this; it is only
   * useful in situations where the subclass has a more direct way of
   * making <code>Class</code> objects.
   */
  public Class getClass(String className)
  {
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a <code>Resource</code> loaded by this
   * <code>URLLoader</code>, or <code>null</code> when no
   * <code>Resource</code> with the given name exists.
   */
  public abstract Resource getResource(String s);

  /**
   * Returns the <code>Manifest</code> associated with the
   * <code>Resource</code>s loaded by this <code>URLLoader</code> or
   * <code>null</code> there is no such <code>Manifest</code>.
   */
  public Manifest getManifest()
  {
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Return a list of new URLLoader objects representing any
   * class path entries added by this container.
   */
  public ArrayList<URLLoader> getClassPath()
  {
    return null;
  }
}