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package org.apache.ant.core.execution;

import java.util.*;
import java.net.URL;

/**
 * A Converter definition defines a class which will convert
 * a string into an instance of a particular type of class. Converters
 * are typically only needed when some context information is 
 * required to perform the conversion.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:conor@apache.org">Conor MacNeill</a>
 */ 
public class ConverterDefinition {
    /** The URL of the library which defines this converter */
    private URL converterLibraryURL;
     
    /** The converter's class name */
    private String converterClassName;
    
    /** The converted class returned by this converter */
    private String targetClassName;
    
    /** The converter class loaded from the loader on demand.
     */
    private Class converterClass = null;
    
    /** The class to which this converter converts.
     */
    private Class targetClass = null;
    
    /** The converters's class loader. */
    private ClassLoader converterClassLoader;
    
    public ConverterDefinition(URL converterLibraryURL, String converterClassName, 
                               String targetClassName, ClassLoader converterClassLoader) {
        this.converterLibraryURL = converterLibraryURL;
        this.converterClassName = converterClassName;
        this.targetClassName = targetClassName;
        this.converterClassLoader = converterClassLoader;
    }
    
    /**
     * Get the name of the class that this converter will return.
     */
    public String getTargetClassName() {
        return targetClassName;
    }
    
    /**
     * Get the classname of the converter that is being defined.
     */
    public String getConverterClassName() {
        return converterClassName;
    }
    
    /**
     * Get the URL where this converter was defined.
     *
     * @returns a URL of the lib defintion file
     */
    public URL getLibraryURL() {
        return converterLibraryURL;
    }
    
    /**
     * Get the converter class
     *
     * @return a class object for this converter
     */
    public synchronized Class getConverterClass() throws ClassNotFoundException {
        if (converterClass == null) {
            converterClass = Class.forName(converterClassName, true, converterClassLoader);
        }
        return converterClass;
    }
    
    /**
     * Get the converter class
     *
     * @return a class object for this converter
     */
    public synchronized Class getTargetClass() throws ClassNotFoundException {
        if (targetClass == null) {
            targetClass = Class.forName(targetClassName, true, converterClassLoader);
        }
        return targetClass;
    }
}

