ctubbsii commented on a change in pull request #1715:
URL: https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/1715#discussion_r518511817



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+package org.apache.accumulo.core.spi.common;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+/**
+ * The ClassLoaderFactory is defined by the property general.context.factory. 
The factory
+ * implementation is configured externally to Accumulo and will return a 
ClassLoader for a given
+ * contextName.
+ *
+ * @since 2.1.0
+ *
+ */
+public interface ContextClassLoaderFactory {
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize the ClassLoaderFactory. Implementations may need a reference 
to the configuration so
+   * that it can clean up contexts that are no longer being used.
+   *
+   * @param contextProperties
+   *          Accumulo configuration properties
+   * @throws Exception
+   *           if error initializing ClassLoaderFactory
+   */
+  void initialize(Supplier<Map<String,String>> contextProperties) throws 
Exception;

Review comment:
       > Would still recommend the parameters interface as it gives more 
options for mutating the SPI in the future w/o causing pain to anyone who has 
taken the time to implement the interface.
   
   I think I would disagree with the need to create an evolve-able parameter 
type here. I don't think it's a good idea to support a dedicated parameter type 
because that implies we're constructing a framework that can evolve, on which 
complex subclass implementations can support being initialized based on 
internal Accumulo objects. That's antithetical to what we're trying to do here.
   
   This ClassloaderFactory is not your typical SPI (like sampling or iterators 
or balancers), where behavior is coupled to Accumulo functionality. Rather, 
classloading is something that should be done largely independently of 
Accumulo... as it is something on which other parts of Accumulo depend. Its 
initialization API should not itself depend on Accumulo objects that would be 
passed in using these parameter types, because that could create cyclical 
dependencies (Accumulo depends on classloader, which depends on Accumulo 
internal objects passed as parameters, which depends on classloader...).
   
   The only thing this interface needs from Accumulo is initial configuration, 
which just happens to be carried in Accumulo's own configuration files. We 
should merely pass that information along to this. We should never pass along 
any other internal state objects as parameters. Besides, the classloader 
factory should be instantiated *early*, before any meaningful state is 
generated in Accumulo. So, it should never have the opportunity to initialize 
based on internal Accumulo state anyway... just initial configuration files.
   
   So, I think it's a conscious decision to make the initialization parameter 
only a configuration mapping. It will ensure we keep the classloading stuff as 
decoupled as possible from Accumulo's internal workings, and merely responsible 
for providing classloaders that the rest of Accumulo can reliably depend on, 
based on the implementer's own independent criteria.




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