Index: openide/openide-spec-vers.properties
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RCS file: /cvs/openide/openide-spec-vers.properties,v
retrieving revision 1.126
diff -u -r1.126 openide-spec-vers.properties
--- openide/openide-spec-vers.properties	18 Dec 2003 15:25:38 -0000	1.126
+++ openide/openide-spec-vers.properties	26 Dec 2003 02:12:19 -0000
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 # Must always be numeric (numbers separated by '.', e.g. 4.11).
 # See http://openide.netbeans.org/versioning-policy.html for more.
 
-openide.specification.version=4.18
+openide.specification.version=4.19
Index: openide/api/doc/changes/apichanges.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/openide/api/doc/changes/apichanges.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.179
diff -u -r1.179 apichanges.xml
--- openide/api/doc/changes/apichanges.xml	19 Dec 2003 07:28:39 -0000	1.179
+++ openide/api/doc/changes/apichanges.xml	26 Dec 2003 02:12:20 -0000
@@ -2227,6 +2227,25 @@
       <issue number="11519"/>
     </change>
 
+    <change id="ModuleInfo.getClassLoader">
+      <api name="modules"/>
+      <summary>Added method <code>ModuleInfo.getClassLoader()</code></summary>
+      <version major="4" minor="19"/>
+      <date day="25" month="12" year="2003"/>
+      <author login="jglick"/>
+      <compatibility addition="yes">
+        Note that although the new method is abstract, this is a compatible
+        change insofar as no one outside of the core module system should be
+        subclassing <code>ModuleInfo</code>.
+      </compatibility>
+      <description>
+        Added a new method <code>ModuleInfo.getClassLoader()</code> making it
+        possible to find a Java class loader associated with an enabled module.
+      </description>
+      <class package="org.openide.modules" name="ModuleInfo"/>
+      <issue number="38330"/>
+    </change>
+
     <change>
       <api name="util"/>
       <summary><code>ErrorManager.isLoggable</code> added</summary>
Index: openide/src/org/openide/modules/ModuleInfo.java
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RCS file: /cvs/openide/src/org/openide/modules/ModuleInfo.java,v
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.10 ModuleInfo.java
--- openide/src/org/openide/modules/ModuleInfo.java	22 Dec 2003 15:15:55 -0000	1.10
+++ openide/src/org/openide/modules/ModuleInfo.java	26 Dec 2003 02:12:21 -0000
@@ -128,6 +128,21 @@
      */
     public abstract boolean owns(Class clazz);
     
+    /**
+     * Get a class loader associated with this module that can load
+     * classes defined in the module.
+     * <p>
+     * You can only call this method on an enabled module, and the
+     * result may change if the module is disabled and re&euml;nabled.
+     * <p>
+     * The class loader may or may not be shared with any other
+     * module, or be the application's startup class loader, etc.
+     * @return a module class loader
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this module is disabled
+     * @since 4.19
+     */
+    public abstract ClassLoader getClassLoader() throws IllegalArgumentException;
+
     /** Get a set of capabilities which this module provides to others that may
      * require it.
      * The default implementation returns an empty array.
Index: core/manifest.mf
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RCS file: /cvs/core/manifest.mf,v
retrieving revision 1.32
diff -u -r1.32 manifest.mf
--- core/manifest.mf	18 Dec 2003 15:25:33 -0000	1.32
+++ core/manifest.mf	26 Dec 2003 02:12:21 -0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 OpenIDE-Module: org.netbeans.core/1
-OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 1.20
+OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 1.21
 OpenIDE-Module-Implementation-Version: @BUILD_NUMBER_SUBST@
-OpenIDE-Module-IDE-Dependencies: IDE/1 > 4.18
+OpenIDE-Module-IDE-Dependencies: IDE/1 > 4.19
 OpenIDE-Module-Module-Dependencies: org.openide.loaders > 4.11
 OpenIDE-Module-Localizing-Bundle: org/netbeans/core/Bundle.properties
 OpenIDE-Module-Layer: org/netbeans/core/resources/mf-layer.xml
Index: core/src/org/netbeans/core/modules/Module.java
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RCS file: /cvs/core/src/org/netbeans/core/modules/Module.java,v
retrieving revision 1.49
diff -u -r1.49 Module.java
--- core/src/org/netbeans/core/modules/Module.java	15 May 2003 06:32:39 -0000	1.49
+++ core/src/org/netbeans/core/modules/Module.java	26 Dec 2003 02:12:22 -0000
@@ -852,16 +852,15 @@
         }
     }
     
-    /** Get the classloader capable of retrieving
-     * things from this module.
-     * If the module is disabled, this will be null (unless this module is fixed).
-     * If it is enabled, it must not be null.
-     * It is not guaranteed that change events will be fired
-     * for changes in this property.
-     */
-    public ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
+    // impl of ModuleInfo method
+    public ClassLoader getClassLoader() throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        if (!enabled) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not enabled: " + codeNameBase); // NOI18N
+        }
+        assert classloader != null : "Should have had a non-null loader for " + this;
         return classloader;
     }
+
     // Access from ModuleManager:
     /** Turn on the classloader. Passed a list of parent modules to use.
      * The parents should already have had their classloaders initialized.