Tomcat负责Web应用的类加载的是org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader,它有几个比较重要的方法:
findClass(),loadClass(),findClassInternal(),findResourceInternal().
WebappClassLoader类加载器被用来加载一个类的时候,loadClass()会被调用,loadClass()则调用findClass()。后两个方法是WebappClassLoader的私有方法,findClass()调用findClassInternal()来创建class对象,而findClassInternal()则需要findResourceInternal()来查找.class文件。
通常自己实现类记载器只要实现findclass即可,这里为了实现特殊目的而override了loadClass().
下面是精简过的代码(去除了几乎全部关于log、异常和安全控制的代码):
loadClass:
public Class loadClass(String name, boolean resolve) throws ClassNotFoundException { Class clazz = null; // (0) 先从自己的缓存中查找,有则返回,无则继续 clazz = findLoadedClass0(name); if (clazz != null) { if (resolve) resolveClass(clazz); return (clazz); } // (0.1) 再从parent的缓存中查找 clazz = findLoadedClass(name); if (clazz != null) { if (resolve) resolveClass(clazz); return (clazz); } // (0.2) 缓存中没有,则首先使用system类加载器来加载 clazz = system.loadClass(name); if (clazz != null) { if (resolve) resolveClass(clazz); return (clazz); } //判断是否需要先让parent代理 boolean delegateLoad = delegate || filter(name); // (1) 先让parent加载,通常delegateLoad == false,即这一步不会执行 if (delegateLoad) { ClassLoader loader = parent; if (loader == null) loader = system; clazz = loader.loadClass(name); if (clazz != null) { if (resolve) resolveClass(clazz); return (clazz); } } // (2) delegateLoad == false 或者 parent加载失败,调用自身的加载机制 clazz = findClass(name); if (clazz != null) { if (resolve) resolveClass(clazz); return (clazz); } // (3) 自己加载失败,则请求parent代理加载 if (!delegateLoad) { ClassLoader loader = parent; if (loader == null) loader = system; clazz = loader.loadClass(name); if (clazz != null) { return (clazz); } } throw new ClassNotFoundException(name); } |
findClass:
public Class findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException { // 先试图自己加载类,找不到则请求parent来加载 // 注意这点和java默认的双亲委托模式不同 Class clazz = null; clazz = findClassInternal(name); if ((clazz == null) && hasExternalRepositories) { synchronized (this) { clazz = super.findClass(name); } } if (clazz == null) { throw new ClassNotFoundException(name); } return (clazz); } |