一:ClassLoader类加载器,主要的作用是将class文件加载到jvm虚拟机中。jvm启动的时候,并不是一次性加载所有的类,而是根据需要动态去加载类,主要分为隐式加载和显示加载。
隐式加载:程序代码中不通过调用ClassLoader来加载需要的类,而是通过JVM类自动加载需要的类到内存中。例如,当我们在类中继承或者引用某个类的时候,JVM在解析当前这个类的时,发现引用的类不在内存中,那么就会自动将这些类加载到内存中。
显示加载:代码中通过Class.forName(),this.getClass.getClassLoader.LoadClass(),自定义类加载器中的findClass()方法等。
二:jvm自带的加载器
(1)BootStrap ClassLoader:主要加载%JRE_HOME%\lib下的rt.jar、resources.jar、charsets.jar和class等。可以通System.getProperty("sun.boot.class.path")
查看加载的路径,如下:
package test; public class TestGC { public static void main(String []args){ System.out.println(System.getProperty("sun.boot.class.path")); } }
显示结果如下:
D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\lib\resources.jar;D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\lib\rt.jar;D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\lib\sunrsasign.jar;D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\lib\jsse.jar;D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\lib\jce.jar;D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\lib\charsets.jar;D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\lib\jfr.jar;D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\classes
(2)Extention ClassLoader:主要加载目录%JRE_HOME%\lib\ext目录下的jar包和class文件。也可以通过System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.ext.dirs"))查看加载类文件的路径。
(3)AppClassLoader:主要加载当前应用下的classpath路径下的类。之前我们在环境变量中配置的classpath就是指定AppClassLoader的类加载路径。
三:类加载器的继承关系
先看一下这三个类加载器之间的继承关系,如下图:
ExtClassLoader,AppClassLoder继承URLClassLoader,而URLClassLoader继承ClassLoader,BoopStrap ClassLoder不在上图中,因为它是由C/C++编写的,它本身是虚拟机的一部分,并不是一个java类。jvm加载的顺序:BoopStrap ClassLoder-〉ExtClassLoader->AppClassLoder,下面看一段源码:
public class Launcher { private static Launcher launcher = new Launcher(); private static String bootClassPath = System.getProperty("sun.boot.class.path"); public static Launcher getLauncher() { return launcher; } private ClassLoader loader; public Launcher() { // Create the extension class loader ClassLoader extcl; try { extcl = ExtClassLoader.getExtClassLoader(); } catch (IOException e) { throw new InternalError( "Could not create extension class loader", e); } // Now create the class loader to use to launch the application try { loader = AppClassLoader.getAppClassLoader(extcl); } catch (IOException e) { throw new InternalError( "Could not create application class loader", e); } Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(loader); } /* * Returns the class loader used to launch the main application. */ public ClassLoader getClassLoader() { return loader; } /* * The class loader used for loading installed extensions. */ static class ExtClassLoader extends URLClassLoader {} /** * The class loader used for loading from java.class.path. * runs in a restricted security context. */ static class AppClassLoader extends URLClassLoader {}
从源码中我们看到:(1)Launcher初始化的时候创建了ExtClassLoader以及AppClassLoader,并将ExtClassLoader实例传入到AppClassLoader中。
(2)虽然上一段源码中没见到创建BoopStrap ClassLoader,但是程序一开始就执行了System.getProperty("sun.boot.class.path")。
四:类加载器之间的父子关系
AppClassLoader的父加载器为ExtClassLoader,ExtClassLoader的父加载器为null,BoopStrap ClassLoader为顶级加载器。
在自定义类加载器之前,首先来看看jdk中的ClassLoader是怎么实现的
public Class<?> loadClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
return loadClass(name, false);
}
继续跟
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;
}
}
源码中可以看到,首先尝试自己加载 findLoadedClass(name); 如果为空,就丢给父类加载器加载,加载成功就返回一个java.lang.class,加在不成功就执行findclass(name)方法。
看一下findClass方法是怎么实现的
/**
* Finds the class with the specified <a href="#name">binary name</a>.
* This method should be overridden by class loader implementations that
* follow the delegation model for loading classes, and will be invoked by
* the {@link #loadClass <tt>loadClass</tt>} method after checking the
* parent class loader for the requested class. The default implementation
* throws a <tt>ClassNotFoundException</tt>.
*/
protected Class<?> findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
throw new ClassNotFoundException(name);
}
是的,这个方法只是抛出了一个异常。从注释中我们知道,这个方法是坐着希望要被重写的方法。很明显,如果我们要自定义加载器的话,只需要重写findClass这个方法就好了(因为如果重写整个loadClass方法,会破坏双亲委托机制)
首先 用记事本编写一个Person类
public class Person
{
private String name;
public Person()
{
}
public Person(String name)
{
this.name = name;
}
public String getName()
{
return name;
}
public void setName(String name)
{
this.name = name;
}
public String toString()
{
return "I am a person, my name is " + name;
}
}
然后cmd把改类编译为class文件,放在E盘根目录下
接下来创建MyClassLoader类,继承ClassLoader,重写findClass方法。
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.channels.Channels;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel;
public class MyClassLoader extends ClassLoader{
private String classpath;
public MyClassLoader()
{
}
public MyClassLoader(String classpath)
{
this.classpath = classpath;
}
protected Class<?> findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException
{
try
{
byte[] bytes = getData(name);
Class<?> c = this.defineClass(name, bytes, 0, bytes.length);
return c;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
return super.findClass(name);
}
//返回类的字节码
private byte[] getData(String className) throws IOException{
InputStream in = null;
ByteArrayOutputStream out = null;
String path=classpath + File.separatorChar +
className.replace('.',File.separatorChar)+".class";
try {
in=new FileInputStream(path);
out=new ByteArrayOutputStream();
byte[] buffer=new byte[2048];
int len=0;
while((len=in.read(buffer))!=-1){
out.write(buffer,0,len);
}
return out.toByteArray();
}
catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
finally{
in.close();
out.close();
}
return null;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
MyClassLoader mcl = new MyClassLoader("E:\\");
Class c = mcl.loadClass("Person");
Object obj = c.newInstance();
System.out.println(obj);
System.out.println(obj.getClass().getClassLoader());
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
最后运行