/*
 * RED5 Open Source Media Server - https://github.com/Red5/ Copyright 2006-2016 by respective authors (see below). All rights reserved. Licensed under the Apache License, Version
 * 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless
 * required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND,
 * either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 */

package org.red5.server.api;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;

/**
 * Interface for servers that can load new applications.
 *
 * @author The Red5 Project
 * @author Joachim Bauch (jojo@struktur.de)
 */
public interface IApplicationLoader {

    /**
     * Load a new application for the given context path from a directory.
     *
     * @param contextPath
     *            context path
     * @param virtualHosts
     *            virtual hosts
     * @param directory
     *            directory
     * @throws Exception
     *             for fun
     */
    public void loadApplication(String contextPath, String virtualHosts, String directory) throws Exception;

    /**
     * Return the root {@link ApplicationContext}.
     *
     * @return application context
     */
    public ApplicationContext getRootContext();
}
