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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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+ *
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+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package com.sun.jdi;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * A class loader object from the target VM.
+ * A ClassLoaderReference is an {@link ObjectReference} with additional
+ * access to classloader-specific information from the target VM. Instances
+ * ClassLoaderReference are obtained through calls to
+ * {@link ReferenceType#classLoader}
+ *
+ * @see ObjectReference
+ *
+ * @author Gordon Hirsch
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+@jdk.Exported
+public interface ClassLoaderReference extends ObjectReference {
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a list of all loaded classes that were defined by this
+ * class loader. No ordering of this list guaranteed.
+ * <P>
+ * The returned list will include reference types
+ * loaded at least to the point of preparation and
+ * types (like array) for which preparation is
+ * not defined.
+ *
+ * @return a List of {@link ReferenceType} objects mirroring types
+ * loaded by this class loader. The list has length 0 if no types
+ * have been defined by this classloader.
+ */
+ List<ReferenceType> definedClasses();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a list of all classes for which this class loader has
+ * been recorded as the initiating loader in the target VM.
+ * The list contains ReferenceTypes defined directly by this loader
+ * (as returned by {@link #definedClasses}) and any types for which
+ * loading was delegated by this class loader to another class loader.
+ * <p>
+ * The visible class list has useful properties with respect to
+ * the type namespace. A particular type name will occur at most
+ * once in the list. Each field or variable declared with that
+ * type name in a class defined by
+ * this class loader must be resolved to that single type.
+ * <p>
+ * No ordering of the returned list is guaranteed.
+ * <p>
+ * See
+ * <cite>The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification</cite>,
+ * section 5.3 - Creation and Loading
+ * for more information on the initiating classloader.
+ * <p>
+ * Note that unlike {@link #definedClasses()}
+ * and {@link VirtualMachine#allClasses()},
+ * some of the returned reference types may not be prepared.
+ * Attempts to perform some operations on unprepared reference types
+ * (e.g. {@link ReferenceType#fields() fields()}) will throw
+ * a {@link ClassNotPreparedException}.
+ * Use {@link ReferenceType#isPrepared()} to determine if
+ * a reference type is prepared.
+ *
+ * @return a List of {@link ReferenceType} objects mirroring classes
+ * initiated by this class loader. The list has length 0 if no classes
+ * are visible to this classloader.
+ */
+ List<ReferenceType> visibleClasses();
+}