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Java » Reflection » ClassLoader 




Class Finder
     

/*
 * Copyright 2007 (C) TJDO.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This software is distributed under the terms of the TJDO License version 1.0.
 * See the terms of the TJDO License in the documentation provided with this software.
 *
 * $Id: ClassFinder.java,v 1.1 2007/10/03 01:20:37 jackknifebarber Exp $
 */


import java.security.AccessController;
import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.WeakHashMap;


/**
 * Used to load classes according to the rules defined in the JDO spec.
 * See section 12.5 of the JDO 1.0.1 spec.
 * <p>
 * This class also provides a {@link #classForName(String,boolean,ClassLoader)
 * static method} for loading classes that utilizes a cache.
 * The cache contains class names that were previously <em>not</em> found,
 * organized by the loader that failed to find them.
 * This speeds up cases where attempts to load the same non-existent class are
 * repeated many times.
 *
 @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Mike Martin</a>
 @version $Revision: 1.1 $
 */

public class ClassFinder
{

    private static final Map findersByLoader = new WeakHashMap();
    private static final Map nonExistentClassNamesByLoader = new WeakHashMap();


    /**
     * Returns the class finder instance associated with the context class
     * loader of the calling thread.
     */
    public static ClassFinder getInstance()
    {
        return getInstance(getContextClassLoaderPrivileged());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the class finder instance associated with the specified class
     * loader.
     * The specified loader becomes the finder's "original context class loader"
     * for the algorithm implemented by
     {@link #classForName(String,boolean,Class)}.
     *
     @param ctxLoader
     *      the context class loader
     */
    public static synchronized ClassFinder getInstance(ClassLoader ctxLoader)
    {
        ClassFinder cf = (ClassFinder)findersByLoader.get(ctxLoader);

        if (cf == null)
            findersByLoader.put(ctxLoader, cf = new ClassFinder(ctxLoader));

        return cf;
    }

    /**
     * Calls getContextClassLoader() for the current thread in a doPrivileged
     * block.
     *
     @return
     *      The context class loader of the current thread.
     @exception SecurityException
     *      If getContextClassLoader() fails.
     */
    private static ClassLoader getContextClassLoaderPrivileged() throws SecurityException
    {
        return (ClassLoader)AccessController.doPrivileged(
            new PrivilegedAction()
            {
                public Object run()
                {
                    return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
                }
            }
        );
    }


    private final ClassLoader origContextClassLoader;

    private ClassFinder(ClassLoader origContextClassLoader)
    {
        this.origContextClassLoader = origContextClassLoader;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the <tt>Class</tt> object associated with the class or interface
     * with the given string name.
     * <p>
     * This method implements the algorithm described in section 12.5 of the JDO
     * 1.0.1 spec.
     * It attempts to load the class using up to three loaders:
     * <ol>
     *  <li>The loader that loaded the class or instance referred to in the API
     *  that caused this class to be loaded (the context class).</li>
     *  <li>The loader returned in the current context by
     *  <tt>Thread.getContextClassLoader()</tt>.</li>
     *  <li>The loader returned by <tt>Thread.getContextClassLoader()</tt> at
     *  the time this <tt>ClassFinder</tt> was constructed (which should equate
     *  to the time of <tt>PersistenceManagerFactory.getPersistenceManager()</tt>).
     *  </li>
     * </ol>
     *
     @param className
     *      fully qualified name of the desired class
     @param initialize
     *      whether the class must be initialized
     @param contextClass
     *      another class to serve as context for the loading of the named
     *      class, or <code>null</code> if there is no such other class
     *
     @return
     *      class object representing the desired class 
     @exception ClassNotFoundException
     *      if the class cannot be located
     */
    public Class classForName(String className, boolean initialize, Class contextClassthrows ClassNotFoundException
    {
        if (contextClass != null)
        {
            try
            {
                return classForName(className, initialize, contextClass.getClassLoader());
            }
            catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
            {
            }
        }

        return classForName(className, initialize);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the <tt>Class</tt> object associated with the class or interface
     * with the given string name.
     * <p>
     * This method is equivalent to:
     * <blockquote><pre>
     * classForName(className, initialize, null)
     * </pre></blockquote>
     *
     @param className
     *      fully qualified name of the desired class
     @param initialize
     *      whether the class must be initialized
     *
     @return
     *      class object representing the desired class 
     @exception ClassNotFoundException
     *      if the class cannot be located
     */
    public Class classForName(String className, boolean initializethrows ClassNotFoundException
    {
        try
        {
            return classForName(className, initialize, getContextClassLoaderPrivileged());
        }
        catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
        {
            return classForName(className, initialize, origContextClassLoader);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the <tt>Class</tt> object associated with the class or interface
     * with the given string name.
     * <p>
     * This method is functionally equivalent to
     *{@link Class#forName(String,boolean,ClassLoader)}
     * except that it maintains a cache of class names that are <em>not</em>
     * found.
     * In many cases, especially in an app server environment, searching for
     * non-existent classes can be a slow process.
     * It's important because some things in TJDO, notably the macro mechanism
     * used in e.g. view definitions, will search for class names that don't
     * exist.
     *
     @param className
     *      fully qualified name of the desired class
     @param initialize
     *      whether the class must be initialized
     @param loader
     *      class loader from which the class must be loaded 
     *
     @return
     *      class object representing the desired class 
     @exception ClassNotFoundException
     *      if the class cannot be located
     */
    public static Class classForName(String className, boolean initialize, ClassLoader loaderthrows ClassNotFoundException
    {
        Set names;

        synchronized (nonExistentClassNamesByLoader)
        {
            names = (Set)nonExistentClassNamesByLoader.get(loader);

            if (names == null)
                nonExistentClassNamesByLoader.put(loader, names = new HashSet());
            else
            {
                if (names.contains(className))
                    throw new ClassNotFoundException(className + " (cached from previous lookup attempt)");
            }
        }

        try
        {
            return Class.forName(className, initialize, loader);
        }
        catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
        {
           
            synchronized (nonExistentClassNamesByLoader) { names.add(className)}
            throw e;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns a hash code value for this object.
     */
    public int hashCode()
    {
        return origContextClassLoader.hashCode();
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether some object is "equal to" this one.
     * Two <tt>ClassFinder</tt> objects are considered equal if their original
     * context class loaders are all equal.
     *
     @param obj
     *      the reference object with which to compare
     *
     @return
     *      <tt>true</tt> if this object is equal to the obj argument;
     *      <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
     */
    public boolean equals(Object obj)
    {
        if (obj == this)
            return true;
        if (!(obj instanceof ClassFinder))
            return false;

        ClassFinder cf = (ClassFinder)obj;

        return origContextClassLoader.equals(cf.origContextClassLoader);
    }
}

   
    
    
    
    
  














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