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package org.apache.catalina.loader;
/**
 * 
 * An interface to be able to able to have named classloader.
 * Useful when distributing data through AOP or byte code injection
 * To be able to map loaders between two instances to make sure the data
 * gets loaded through the correct loader on the other node.
 * @author Filip Hanik
 * 
 */
public interface NamedClassLoader {
    
    /**
     * returns the name of this class loader
     * @return String
     */
    public String getName();
    
    /**
     * Sets the name of this class loader
     * @param name String
     */
    public void setName(String name);
    
}