Every native library requires a particular version of JNI. This is denoted by the private jniVersion field. This field is set by the VM when it loads the library, and used by the VM to pass the correct version of JNI to the native methods.

 protected ClassLoader() 
{
        this(checkCreateClassLoader(), getSystemClassLoader());
}

Creates a new class loader using the ClassLoader returned by the method getSystemClassLoader() as the parent class loader.

If there is a security manager, its checkCreateClassLoader method is invoked. This may result in a security exception.

Throws:

SecurityException - If a security manager exists and its checkCreateClassLoader method doesn't allow creation of a new class loader.

 protected ClassLoader(ClassLoader parent) 
{
        this(checkCreateClassLoader(), parent);
}

Creates a new class loader using the specified parent class loader for delegation.

If there is a security manager, its checkCreateClassLoader method is invoked. This may result in a security exception.

Parameters:

parent - The parent class loader

Throws:

SecurityException - If a security manager exists and its checkCreateClassLoader method doesn't allow creation of a new class loader.

since: 1.2 -

  void addClass(Class c) 
{
        classes.addElement(c);
}

 public  void clearAssertionStatus() 
{
        /*
         * Whether or not "Java assertion maps" are initialized, set
         * them to empty maps, effectively ignoring any present settings.
         */
        synchronized (assertionLock) {
            classAssertionStatus = new HashMap<  >();
            packageAssertionStatus = new HashMap<  >();
            defaultAssertionStatus = false;
        }
}

Sets the default assertion status for this class loader to false and discards any package defaults or class assertion status settings associated with the class loader. This method is provided so that class loaders can be made to ignore any command line or persistent assertion status settings and "start with a clean slate."

 protected final Class<?> defineClass(byte[] b,
    int off,
    int len) throws ClassFormatError 
{
        return defineClass(null, b, off, len, null);
}

Converts an array of bytes into an instance of class Class. Before the Class can be used it must be resolved. This method is deprecated in favor of the version that takes a binary name as its first argument, and is more secure.

 protected final Class<?> defineClass(String name,
    ByteBuffer b,
    ProtectionDomain protectionDomain) throws ClassFormatError 
{
        int len = b.remaining();
        // Use byte[] if not a direct ByteBufer:
        if (!b.isDirect()) {
            if (b.hasArray()) {
                return defineClass(name, b.array(),
                                   b.position() + b.arrayOffset(), len,
                                   protectionDomain);
            } else {
                // no array, or read-only array
                byte[] tb = new byte[len];
                b.get(tb);  // get bytes out of byte buffer.
                return defineClass(name, tb, 0, len, protectionDomain);
            }
        }
        protectionDomain = preDefineClass(name, protectionDomain);
        Class c = null;
        String source = defineClassSourceLocation(protectionDomain);
        try {
            c = defineClass2(name, b, b.position(), len, protectionDomain,
                             source);
        } catch (ClassFormatError cfe) {
            byte[] tb = new byte[len];
            b.get(tb);  // get bytes out of byte buffer.
            c = defineTransformedClass(name, tb, 0, len, protectionDomain, cfe,
                                       source);
        }
        postDefineClass(c, protectionDomain);
        return c;
}

Converts a ByteBuffer into an instance of class Class, with an optional ProtectionDomain. If the domain is null, then a default domain will be assigned to the class as specified in the documentation for #defineClass(String, byte[], int, int) . Before the class can be used it must be resolved.

The rules about the first class defined in a package determining the set of certificates for the package, and the restrictions on class names are identical to those specified in the documentation for #defineClass(String, byte[], int, int, ProtectionDomain) .

An invocation of this method of the form cl.defineClass(name, bBuffer, pd) yields exactly the same result as the statements

...
byte[] temp = new byte[bBuffer. remaining ()];
bBuffer.get (temp);
return byte[], int, int, ProtectionDomain) cl.defineClass (name, temp, 0, temp.length, pd);

 protected final Class<?> defineClass(String name,
    byte[] b,
    int off,
    int len) throws ClassFormatError 
{
        return defineClass(name, b, off, len, null);
}

Converts an array of bytes into an instance of class Class. Before the Class can be used it must be resolved.

This method assigns a default ProtectionDomain to the newly defined class. The ProtectionDomain is effectively granted the same set of permissions returned when Policy.getPolicy().getPermissions(new CodeSource(null, null)) is invoked. The default domain is created on the first invocation of defineClass , and re-used on subsequent invocations.

To assign a specific ProtectionDomain to the class, use the defineClass method that takes a ProtectionDomain as one of its arguments.

 protected final Class<?> defineClass(String name,
    byte[] b,
    int off,
    int len,
    ProtectionDomain protectionDomain) throws ClassFormatError 
{
        protectionDomain = preDefineClass(name, protectionDomain);
        Class c = null;
        String source = defineClassSourceLocation(protectionDomain);
        try {
            c = defineClass1(name, b, off, len, protectionDomain, source);
        } catch (ClassFormatError cfe) {
            c = defineTransformedClass(name, b, off, len, protectionDomain, cfe,
                                       source);
        }
        postDefineClass(c, protectionDomain);
        return c;
}

Converts an array of bytes into an instance of class Class, with an optional ProtectionDomain. If the domain is null, then a default domain will be assigned to the class as specified in the documentation for #defineClass(String, byte[], int, int) . Before the class can be used it must be resolved.

The first class defined in a package determines the exact set of certificates that all subsequent classes defined in that package must contain. The set of certificates for a class is obtained from the CodeSource within the ProtectionDomain of the class. Any classes added to that package must contain the same set of certificates or a SecurityException will be thrown. Note that if name is null, this check is not performed. You should always pass in the binary name of the class you are defining as well as the bytes. This ensures that the class you are defining is indeed the class you think it is.

The specified name cannot begin with "java.", since all classes in the "java.* packages can only be defined by the bootstrap class loader. If name is not null, it must be equal to the binary name of the class specified by the byte array "b", otherwise a NoClassDefFoundError will be thrown.

 protected Package definePackage(String name,
    String specTitle,
    String specVersion,
    String specVendor,
    String implTitle,
    String implVersion,
    String implVendor,
    URL sealBase) throws IllegalArgumentException 
{
        synchronized (packages) {
            Package pkg = getPackage(name);
            if (pkg != null) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException(name);
            }
            pkg = new Package(name, specTitle, specVersion, specVendor,
                              implTitle, implVersion, implVendor,
                              sealBase, this);
            packages.put(name, pkg);
            return pkg;
        }
}

Defines a package by name in this ClassLoader. This allows class loaders to define the packages for their classes. Packages must be created before the class is defined, and package names must be unique within a class loader and cannot be redefined or changed once created.

 boolean desiredAssertionStatus(String className) 
{
        synchronized (assertionLock) {
            // assert classAssertionStatus   != null;
            // assert packageAssertionStatus != null;
            // Check for a class entry
            Boolean result = classAssertionStatus.get(className);
            if (result != null)
                return result.booleanValue();
            // Check for most specific package entry
            int dotIndex = className.lastIndexOf(".");
            if (dotIndex <  0) { // default package
                result = packageAssertionStatus.get(null);
                if (result != null)
                    return result.booleanValue();
            }
            while(dotIndex  > 0) {
                className = className.substring(0, dotIndex);
                result = packageAssertionStatus.get(className);
                if (result != null)
                    return result.booleanValue();
                dotIndex = className.lastIndexOf(".", dotIndex-1);
            }
            // Return the classloader default
            return defaultAssertionStatus;
        }
}

Returns the assertion status that would be assigned to the specified class if it were to be initialized at the time this method is invoked. If the named class has had its assertion status set, the most recent setting will be returned; otherwise, if any package default assertion status pertains to this class, the most recent setting for the most specific pertinent package default assertion status is returned; otherwise, this class loader's default assertion status is returned.

 protected Class<?> findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException 
{
        throw new ClassNotFoundException(name);
}

Finds the class with the specified binary name. This method should be overridden by class loader implementations that follow the delegation model for loading classes, and will be invoked by the loadClass method after checking the parent class loader for the requested class. The default implementation throws a ClassNotFoundException.

 protected String findLibrary(String libname) 
{
        return null;
}

Returns the absolute path name of a native library. The VM invokes this method to locate the native libraries that belong to classes loaded with this class loader. If this method returns null, the VM searches the library along the path specified as the "java.library.path" property.

 protected final Class<?> findLoadedClass(String name) 
{
        if (!checkName(name))
            return null;
        return findLoadedClass0(name);
}

Returns the class with the given binary name if this loader has been recorded by the Java virtual machine as an initiating loader of a class with that binary name. Otherwise null is returned.

 static long findNative(ClassLoader loader,
    String name) 
{
        Vector< NativeLibrary > libs =
            loader != null ? loader.nativeLibraries : systemNativeLibraries;
        synchronized (libs) {
            int size = libs.size();
            for (int i = 0; i <  size; i++) {
                NativeLibrary lib = libs.elementAt(i);
                long entry = lib.find(name);
                if (entry != 0)
                    return entry;
            }
        }
        return 0;
}

 protected URL findResource(String name) 
{
        return null;
}

Finds the resource with the given name. Class loader implementations should override this method to specify where to find resources.

 protected Enumeration<URL> findResources(String name) throws IOException 
{
        return java.util.Collections.emptyEnumeration();
}

Returns an enumeration of URL objects representing all the resources with the given name. Class loader implementations should override this method to specify where to load resources from.

 protected final Class<?> findSystemClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException 
{
        ClassLoader system = getSystemClassLoader();
        if (system == null) {
            if (!checkName(name))
                throw new ClassNotFoundException(name);
            Class cls = findBootstrapClass(name);
            if (cls == null) {
                throw new ClassNotFoundException(name);
            }
            return cls;
        }
        return system.loadClass(name);
}

Finds a class with the specified binary name, loading it if necessary.

This method loads the class through the system class loader (see #getSystemClassLoader() ). The Class object returned might have more than one ClassLoader associated with it. Subclasses of ClassLoader need not usually invoke this method, because most class loaders need to override just #findClass(String) .

 static URLClassPath getBootstrapClassPath() 
{
        return sun.misc.Launcher.getBootstrapClassPath();
}

 static ClassLoader getCallerClassLoader() 
{
        // NOTE use of more generic Reflection.getCallerClass()
        Class caller = Reflection.getCallerClass(3);
        // This can be null if the VM is requesting it
        if (caller == null) {
            return null;
        }
        // Circumvent security check since this is package-private
        return caller.getClassLoader0();
}

 protected Object getClassLoadingLock(String className) 
{
        Object lock = this;
        if (parallelLockMap != null) {
            Object newLock = new Object();
            lock = parallelLockMap.putIfAbsent(className, newLock);
            if (lock == null) {
                lock = newLock;
            }
        }
        return lock;
}

Returns the lock object for class loading operations. For backward compatibility, the default implementation of this method behaves as follows. If this ClassLoader object is registered as parallel capable, the method returns a dedicated object associated with the specified class name. Otherwise, the method returns this ClassLoader object.

 protected Package getPackage(String name) 
{
        Package pkg;
        synchronized (packages) {
            pkg = packages.get(name);
        }
        if (pkg == null) {
            if (parent != null) {
                pkg = parent.getPackage(name);
            } else {
                pkg = Package.getSystemPackage(name);
            }
            if (pkg != null) {
                synchronized (packages) {
                    Package pkg2 = packages.get(name);
                    if (pkg2 == null) {
                        packages.put(name, pkg);
                    } else {
                        pkg = pkg2;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return pkg;
}

Returns a Package that has been defined by this class loader or any of its ancestors.

 protected Package[] getPackages() 
{
        Map< String, Package > map;
        synchronized (packages) {
            map = new HashMap<  >(packages);
        }
        Package[] pkgs;
        if (parent != null) {
            pkgs = parent.getPackages();
        } else {
            pkgs = Package.getSystemPackages();
        }
        if (pkgs != null) {
            for (int i = 0; i <  pkgs.length; i++) {
                String pkgName = pkgs[i].getName();
                if (map.get(pkgName) == null) {
                    map.put(pkgName, pkgs[i]);
                }
            }
        }
        return map.values().toArray(new Package[map.size()]);
}

Returns all of the Packages defined by this class loader and its ancestors.

 public final ClassLoader getParent() 
{
        if (parent == null)
            return null;
        SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
        if (sm != null) {
            ClassLoader ccl = getCallerClassLoader();
            if (ccl != null && !isAncestor(ccl)) {
                sm.checkPermission(SecurityConstants.GET_CLASSLOADER_PERMISSION);
            }
        }
        return parent;
}

Returns the parent class loader for delegation. Some implementations may use null to represent the bootstrap class loader. This method will return null in such implementations if this class loader's parent is the bootstrap class loader.

If a security manager is present, and the invoker's class loader is not null and is not an ancestor of this class loader, then this method invokes the security manager's checkPermission method with a RuntimePermission("getClassLoader") permission to verify access to the parent class loader is permitted. If not, a SecurityException will be thrown.

 public URL getResource(String name) 
{
        URL url;
        if (parent != null) {
            url = parent.getResource(name);
        } else {
            url = getBootstrapResource(name);
        }
        if (url == null) {
            url = findResource(name);
        }
        return url;
}

Finds the resource with the given name. A resource is some data (images, audio, text, etc) that can be accessed by class code in a way that is independent of the location of the code.

The name of a resource is a '/'-separated path name that identifies the resource.

This method will first search the parent class loader for the resource; if the parent is null the path of the class loader built-in to the virtual machine is searched. That failing, this method will invoke #findResource(String) to find the resource.

 public InputStream getResourceAsStream(String name) 
{
        URL url = getResource(name);
        try {
            return url != null ? url.openStream() : null;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            return null;
        }
}

Returns an input stream for reading the specified resource.

The search order is described in the documentation for #getResource(String) .

 public Enumeration<URL> getResources(String name) throws IOException 
{
        Enumeration[] tmp = new Enumeration[2];
        if (parent != null) {
            tmp[0] = parent.getResources(name);
        } else {
            tmp[0] = getBootstrapResources(name);
        }
        tmp[1] = findResources(name);
        return new CompoundEnumeration<  >(tmp);
}

Finds all the resources with the given name. A resource is some data (images, audio, text, etc) that can be accessed by class code in a way that is independent of the location of the code.

The name of a resource is a /-separated path name that identifies the resource.

The search order is described in the documentation for #getResource(String) .

 public static ClassLoader getSystemClassLoader() 
{
        initSystemClassLoader();
        if (scl == null) {
            return null;
        }
        SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
        if (sm != null) {
            ClassLoader ccl = getCallerClassLoader();
            if (ccl != null && ccl != scl && !scl.isAncestor(ccl)) {
                sm.checkPermission(SecurityConstants.GET_CLASSLOADER_PERMISSION);
            }
        }
        return scl;
}

Returns the system class loader for delegation. This is the default delegation parent for new ClassLoader instances, and is typically the class loader used to start the application.

This method is first invoked early in the runtime's startup sequence, at which point it creates the system class loader and sets it as the context class loader of the invoking Thread.

The default system class loader is an implementation-dependent instance of this class.

If the system property "java.system.class.loader" is defined when this method is first invoked then the value of that property is taken to be the name of a class that will be returned as the system class loader. The class is loaded using the default system class loader and must define a public constructor that takes a single parameter of type ClassLoader which is used as the delegation parent. An instance is then created using this constructor with the default system class loader as the parameter. The resulting class loader is defined to be the system class loader.

If a security manager is present, and the invoker's class loader is not null and the invoker's class loader is not the same as or an ancestor of the system class loader, then this method invokes the security manager's checkPermission method with a RuntimePermission("getClassLoader") permission to verify access to the system class loader. If not, a SecurityException will be thrown.

 public static URL getSystemResource(String name) 
{
        ClassLoader system = getSystemClassLoader();
        if (system == null) {
            return getBootstrapResource(name);
        }
        return system.getResource(name);
}

Find a resource of the specified name from the search path used to load classes. This method locates the resource through the system class loader (see #getSystemClassLoader() ).

 public static InputStream getSystemResourceAsStream(String name) 
{
        URL url = getSystemResource(name);
        try {
            return url != null ? url.openStream() : null;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            return null;
        }
}

Open for reading, a resource of the specified name from the search path used to load classes. This method locates the resource through the system class loader (see #getSystemClassLoader() ).

 public static Enumeration<URL> getSystemResources(String name) throws IOException 
{
        ClassLoader system = getSystemClassLoader();
        if (system == null) {
            return getBootstrapResources(name);
        }
        return system.getResources(name);
}

Finds all resources of the specified name from the search path used to load classes. The resources thus found are returned as an Enumeration of URL objects.

The search order is described in the documentation for #getSystemResource(String) .

 boolean isAncestor(ClassLoader cl) 
{
        ClassLoader acl = this;
        do {
            acl = acl.parent;
            if (cl == acl) {
                return true;
            }
        } while (acl != null);
        return false;
}

 public Class<?> loadClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException 
{
        return loadClass(name, false);
}

Loads the class with the specified binary name. This method searches for classes in the same manner as the #loadClass(String, boolean) method. It is invoked by the Java virtual machine to resolve class references. Invoking this method is equivalent to invoking boolean) loadClass(name, false) .

 protected Class<?> loadClass(String name,
    boolean resolve) throws ClassNotFoundException 
{
        synchronized (getClassLoadingLock(name)) {
            // First, check if the class has already been loaded
            Class c = findLoadedClass(name);
            if (c == null) {
                long t0 = System.nanoTime();
                try {
                    if (parent != null) {
                        c = parent.loadClass(name, false);
                    } else {
                        c = findBootstrapClassOrNull(name);
                    }
                } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                    // ClassNotFoundException thrown if class not found
                    // from the non-null parent class loader
                }
                if (c == null) {
                    // If still not found, then invoke findClass in order
                    // to find the class.
                    long t1 = System.nanoTime();
                    c = findClass(name);
                    // this is the defining class loader; record the stats
                    sun.misc.PerfCounter.getParentDelegationTime().addTime(t1 - t0);
                    sun.misc.PerfCounter.getFindClassTime().addElapsedTimeFrom(t1);
                    sun.misc.PerfCounter.getFindClasses().increment();
                }
            }
            if (resolve) {
                resolveClass(c);
            }
            return c;
        }
}

Loads the class with the specified binary name. The default implementation of this method searches for classes in the following order:

1. Invoke #findLoadedClass(String) to check if the class has already been loaded.

2. Invoke the loadClass method on the parent class loader. If the parent is null the class loader built-in to the virtual machine is used, instead.

3. Invoke the #findClass(String) method to find the class.

If the class was found using the above steps, and the resolve flag is true, this method will then invoke the #resolveClass(Class) method on the resulting Class object.

Subclasses of ClassLoader are encouraged to override #findClass(String) , rather than this method.

Unless overridden, this method synchronizes on the result of getClassLoadingLock method during the entire class loading process.

 static  void loadLibrary(Class fromClass,
    String name,
    boolean isAbsolute) 
{
        ClassLoader loader =
            (fromClass == null) ? null : fromClass.getClassLoader();
        if (sys_paths == null) {
            usr_paths = initializePath("java.library.path");
            sys_paths = initializePath("sun.boot.library.path");
        }
        if (isAbsolute) {
            if (loadLibrary0(fromClass, new File(name))) {
                return;
            }
            throw new UnsatisfiedLinkError("Can't load library: " + name);
        }
        if (loader != null) {
            String libfilename = loader.findLibrary(name);
            if (libfilename != null) {
                File libfile = new File(libfilename);
                if (!libfile.isAbsolute()) {
                    throw new UnsatisfiedLinkError(
    "ClassLoader.findLibrary failed to return an absolute path: " + libfilename);
                }
                if (loadLibrary0(fromClass, libfile)) {
                    return;
                }
                throw new UnsatisfiedLinkError("Can't load " + libfilename);
            }
        }
        for (int i = 0 ; i <  sys_paths.length ; i++) {
            File libfile = new File(sys_paths[i], System.mapLibraryName(name));
            if (loadLibrary0(fromClass, libfile)) {
                return;
            }
        }
        if (loader != null) {
            for (int i = 0 ; i <  usr_paths.length ; i++) {
                File libfile = new File(usr_paths[i],
                                        System.mapLibraryName(name));
                if (loadLibrary0(fromClass, libfile)) {
                    return;
                }
            }
        }
        // Oops, it failed
        throw new UnsatisfiedLinkError("no " + name + " in java.library.path");
}

 protected static boolean registerAsParallelCapable() 
{
        return ParallelLoaders.register(getCaller(1));
}

Registers the caller as parallel capable.
The registration succeeds if and only if all of the following conditions are met:
1. no instance of the caller has been created
2. all of the super classes (except class Object) of the caller are registered as parallel capable
Note that once a class loader is registered as parallel capable, there is no way to change it back.

 protected final  void resolveClass(Class<?> c) 
{
        resolveClass0(c);
}

Links the specified class. This (misleadingly named) method may be used by a class loader to link a class. If the class c has already been linked, then this method simply returns. Otherwise, the class is linked as described in the "Execution" chapter of The Java™ Language Specification.

 public  void setClassAssertionStatus(String className,
    boolean enabled) 
{
        synchronized (assertionLock) {
            if (classAssertionStatus == null)
                initializeJavaAssertionMaps();
            classAssertionStatus.put(className, enabled);
        }
}

Sets the desired assertion status for the named top-level class in this class loader and any nested classes contained therein. This setting takes precedence over the class loader's default assertion status, and over any applicable per-package default. This method has no effect if the named class has already been initialized. (Once a class is initialized, its assertion status cannot change.)

If the named class is not a top-level class, this invocation will have no effect on the actual assertion status of any class.

 public  void setDefaultAssertionStatus(boolean enabled) 
{
        synchronized (assertionLock) {
            if (classAssertionStatus == null)
                initializeJavaAssertionMaps();
            defaultAssertionStatus = enabled;
        }
}

Sets the default assertion status for this class loader. This setting determines whether classes loaded by this class loader and initialized in the future will have assertions enabled or disabled by default. This setting may be overridden on a per-package or per-class basis by invoking #setPackageAssertionStatus(String, boolean) or #setClassAssertionStatus(String, boolean) .

 public  void setPackageAssertionStatus(String packageName,
    boolean enabled) 
{
        synchronized (assertionLock) {
            if (packageAssertionStatus == null)
                initializeJavaAssertionMaps();
            packageAssertionStatus.put(packageName, enabled);
        }
}

Sets the package default assertion status for the named package. The package default assertion status determines the assertion status for classes initialized in the future that belong to the named package or any of its "subpackages".

A subpackage of a package named p is any package whose name begins with "p.". For example, javax.swing.text is a subpackage of javax.swing, and both java.util and java.lang.reflect are subpackages of java.

In the event that multiple package defaults apply to a given class, the package default pertaining to the most specific package takes precedence over the others. For example, if javax.lang and javax.lang.reflect both have package defaults associated with them, the latter package default applies to classes in javax.lang.reflect.

Package defaults take precedence over the class loader's default assertion status, and may be overridden on a per-class basis by invoking #setClassAssertionStatus(String, boolean) .

 protected final  void setSigners(Class<?> c,
    Object[] signers) 
{
        c.setSigners(signers);
}

Sets the signers of a class. This should be invoked after defining a class.