tomcat common.loader&server.loader&shared.loader

${catalina.home}/conf/catalina.properties文件可以用来配置tomcat内置classloader的load范围，一般默认情况如下

# List of comma-separated paths defining the contents of the "common"
# classloader. Prefixes should be used to define what is the repository type.
# Path may be relative to the CATALINA_HOME or CATALINA_BASE path or absolute.
# If left as blank,the JVM system loader will be used as Catalina's "common"
# loader.
# Examples:
#     "foo": Add this folder as a class repository
#     "foo/*.jar": Add all the JARs of the specified folder as class
#                  repositories
#     "foo/bar.jar": Add bar.jar as a class repository
common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar

#
# List of comma-separated paths defining the contents of the "server"
# classloader. Prefixes should be used to define what is the repository type.
# Path may be relative to the CATALINA_HOME or CATALINA_BASE path or absolute.
# If left as blank, the "common" loader will be used as Catalina's "server"
# loader.
# Examples:
#     "foo": Add this folder as a class repository
#     "foo/*.jar": Add all the JARs of the specified folder as class
#                  repositories
#     "foo/bar.jar": Add bar.jar as a class repository
server.loader=

#
# List of comma-separated paths defining the contents of the "shared"
# classloader. Prefixes should be used to define what is the repository type.
# Path may be relative to the CATALINA_BASE path or absolute. If left as blank,
# the "common" loader will be used as Catalina's "shared" loader.
# Examples:
#     "foo": Add this folder as a class repository
#     "foo/*.jar": Add all the JARs of the specified folder as class
#                  repositories
#     "foo/bar.jar": Add bar.jar as a class repository
# Please note that for single jars, e.g. bar.jar, you need the URL form
# starting with file:.
shared.loader=

下面两个方法都是copy自/Tomcat 6.0/java/org/apache/catalina/startup/Bootstrap.java，tomcat的启动类

    //下面三个classloader创建好，上面配置文件指定了load path，注意classpath下面并没有tomcat的自身类，所以 

    //appclassloader是加载不到的
 

    private void initClassLoaders() {
        try {
            commonLoader = createClassLoader("common", null);
            if( commonLoader == null ) {
                // no config file, default to this loader - we might be in a 'single' env.
                commonLoader=this.getClass().getClassLoader();
            }
            catalinaLoader = createClassLoader("server", commonLoader);
            sharedLoader = createClassLoader("shared", commonLoader);
        } catch (Throwable t) {
            log.error("Class loader creation threw exception", t);
            System.exit(1);
        }
    }

 

   

 public void init()
        throws Exception
    {

        // Set Catalina path
        setCatalinaHome();
        setCatalinaBase();

        initClassLoaders();

        Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(catalinaLoader);
        //tomcat的启动类是在classpath下面的，由appclassloader加载，然后接下来的各个tomcat自身类由catalinaLoader加载，由于classloader的传递特性
        //due to the classloader here, so the later classloader will be catalinaLoader
        Class startupClass =
            catalinaLoader.loadClass
            ("org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina");
        Object startupInstance = startupClass.newInstance();
 
        Method method =
            startupInstance.getClass().getMethod(methodName, paramTypes);
        method.invoke(startupInstance, paramValues);

        catalinaDaemon = startupInstance;

    }