this.dexElements = makeDexElements(splitDexPath(dexPath), optimizedDirectory,
suppressedExceptions, definingContext, isTrusted);
…
}
private static Element[] makeDexElements(List files, File optimizedDirectory,
List suppressedExceptions, ClassLoader loader, boolean isTrusted) {
Element[] elements = new Element[files.size()];
int elementsPos = 0;
for (File file : files) {
if (file.isDirectory()) {
elements[elementsPos++] = new Element(file);
} else if (file.isFile()) {
String name = file.getName();
DexFile dex = null;
if (name.endsWith(DEX_SUFFIX)) {
// Raw dex file (not inside a zip/jar).
try {
dex = loadDexFile(file, optimizedDirectory, loader, elements);
if (dex != null) {
elements[elementsPos++] = new Element(dex, null);
}
} catch (IOException suppressed) {
System.logE("Unable to load dex file: " + file, suppressed);
suppressedExceptions.add(suppressed);
}
} else {
try {
dex = loadDexFile(file, optimizedDirectory, loader, elements);
} catch (IOException suppressed) {
suppressedExceptions.add(suppressed);
}
if (dex == null) {
elements[elementsPos++] = new Element(file);
} else {
elements[elementsPos++] = new Element(dex, file);
}
}
} else {
System.logW("ClassLoader referenced unknown path: " + file);
}
}
return elements;
}
public Class findClass(String name, List suppressed) {
for (Element element : dexElements) {
DexFile dex = element.dexFile;
if (dex != null) {
Class clazz = dex.loadClassBinaryName(name, definingContext, suppressed);
if (clazz != null) {
return clazz;
}
}
}
if (dexElementsSuppressedExceptions != null) {
suppressed.addAll(Arrays.asList(dexElementsSuppressedExceptions));
}
return null;
}
}
DexPathList构造方法被调用的时候其实就是通过makeDexElements方法把dexPath进行遍历,依次加载每个dex文件,然后通过数组Element[]存放,而在DexPathList类的findClass调用的时候,通过遍历Element[]的dex文件,在通过DexFile类的loadClassBinaryName()来加载类,如果不为空那么代表加载成功,并且返回class,否则返回null。
下面再来看一下基类的ClassLoader是如何实现的吧
public abstract class ClassLoader {
private final ClassLoader parent;
protected Class<?> loadClass(String name, boolean resolve)
throws ClassNotFoundException{
Class c = findLoadedClass(name);
if (c == null) {
try {
if (parent != null) {
c = parent.loadClass(name, false);
} else {
c = findBootstrapClassOrNull(name);
}
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
}
if (c == null) {
c = findClass(nam