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package freemarker.core;

import freemarker.template.Template;
import freemarker.template.TemplateException;
import freemarker.template.utility.ClassUtil;
import freemarker.template.utility.Execute;
import freemarker.template.utility.ObjectConstructor;

Used by built-ins and other template language features that get a class based on a string. This can be handy both for implementing security restrictions and for working around local class-loader issues. The implementation should be thread-safe, unless an instance is always only used in a single Environment object. 
See Also:
Configurable.setNewBuiltinClassResolver(TemplateClassResolver)
Since:
2.3.17/**
 * Used by built-ins and other template language features that get a class
 * based on a string. This can be handy both for implementing security
 * restrictions and for working around local class-loader issues. 
 * 
 * The implementation should be thread-safe, unless an
 * instance is always only used in a single {@link Environment} object.
 * 
 * @see Configurable#setNewBuiltinClassResolver(TemplateClassResolver)
 * 
 * @since 2.3.17
 */
public interface TemplateClassResolver {
    
    
Simply calls ClassUtil.forName(String). /**
     * Simply calls {@link ClassUtil#forName(String)}.
     */
    TemplateClassResolver UNRESTRICTED_RESOLVER = new TemplateClassResolver() {

        public Class resolve(String className, Environment env, Template template)
        throws TemplateException {
            try {
                return ClassUtil.forName(className);
            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                throw new _MiscTemplateException(e, env);
            }
        }
        
    };
    
    
Same as UNRESTRICTED_RESOLVER, except that it doesn't allow resolving ObjectConstructor and Execute and freemarker.template.utility.JythonRuntime. /**
     * Same as {@link #UNRESTRICTED_RESOLVER}, except that it doesn't allow
     * resolving {@link ObjectConstructor} and {@link Execute} and {@code freemarker.template.utility.JythonRuntime}.
     */
    TemplateClassResolver SAFER_RESOLVER =  new TemplateClassResolver() {

        public Class resolve(String className, Environment env, Template template)
        throws TemplateException {
            if (className.equals(ObjectConstructor.class.getName())
                    || className.equals(Execute.class.getName())
                    || className.equals("freemarker.template.utility.JythonRuntime")) {
                throw _MessageUtil.newInstantiatingClassNotAllowedException(className, env);
            }
            try {
                return ClassUtil.forName(className);
            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                throw new _MiscTemplateException(e, env);
            }
        }
        
    };
    
    
Doesn't allow resolving any classes.
/**
     * Doesn't allow resolving any classes.
     */
    TemplateClassResolver ALLOWS_NOTHING_RESOLVER =  new TemplateClassResolver() {

        public Class resolve(String className, Environment env, Template template)
        throws TemplateException {
            throw _MessageUtil.newInstantiatingClassNotAllowedException(className, env);
        }
        
    };

    
Gets a Class based on the class name. 
Params:
className – the full-qualified class name
env – the environment in which the template executes
template – the template where the operation that require the
       class resolution resides in. This is null if the
       call doesn't come from a template.
Throws:
TemplateException – if the class can't be found or shouldn't be
  accessed from a template for security reasons./**
     * Gets a {@link Class} based on the class name.
     * 
     * @param className the full-qualified class name
     * @param env the environment in which the template executes
     * @param template the template where the operation that require the
     *        class resolution resides in. This is <code>null</code> if the
     *        call doesn't come from a template.
     *        
     * @throws TemplateException if the class can't be found or shouldn't be
     *   accessed from a template for security reasons.
     */
    Class resolve(String className, Environment env, Template template) throws TemplateException;
    
}