org.springframework.instrument.classloading
Class ShadowingClassLoader

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.ClassLoader
      org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ShadowingClassLoader

Direct Known Subclasses:

ResourceOverridingShadowingClassLoader

public class ShadowingClassLoader
extends ClassLoader

ClassLoader decorator that shadows an enclosing ClassLoader, applying registered transformers to all affected classes.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Rob Harrop, Rod Johnson, Costin Leau

See Also:

addTransformer(java.lang.instrument.ClassFileTransformer), isClassNameExcludedFromShadowing(String)

Field Summary

static String[]

DEFAULT_EXCLUDED_PACKAGES Packages that are excluded by default

Constructor Summary

ShadowingClassLoader(ClassLoader enclosingClassLoader)
Create a new ShadowingClassLoader, decorating the given ClassLoader.

Method Summary

void	addTransformer(ClassFileTransformer transformer) Add the given ClassFileTransformer to the list of transformers that this ClassLoader will apply.
void	copyTransformers(ShadowingClassLoader other) Copy all ClassFileTransformers from the given ClassLoader to the list of transformers that this ClassLoader will apply.
URL	getResource(String name)
InputStream	getResourceAsStream(String name)
Enumeration<URL>	getResources(String name)
protected boolean	isClassNameExcludedFromShadowing(String className) Subclasses can override this method to specify whether or not a particular class should be excluded from shadowing.
Class<?>	loadClass(String name)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader

clearAssertionStatus, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, definePackage, findClass, findLibrary, findLoadedClass, findResource, findResources, findSystemClass, getPackage, getPackages, getParent, getSystemClassLoader, getSystemResource, getSystemResourceAsStream, getSystemResources, loadClass, resolveClass, setClassAssertionStatus, setDefaultAssertionStatus, setPackageAssertionStatus, setSigners

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DEFAULT_EXCLUDED_PACKAGES

public static final String[] DEFAULT_EXCLUDED_PACKAGES

Packages that are excluded by default

Constructor Detail

ShadowingClassLoader

public ShadowingClassLoader(ClassLoader enclosingClassLoader)

Create a new ShadowingClassLoader, decorating the given ClassLoader.

Parameters:

enclosingClassLoader - the ClassLoader to decorate

Method Detail

addTransformer

public void addTransformer(ClassFileTransformer transformer)

Add the given ClassFileTransformer to the list of transformers that this ClassLoader will apply.

Parameters:

transformer - the ClassFileTransformer

copyTransformers

public void copyTransformers(ShadowingClassLoader other)

Copy all ClassFileTransformers from the given ClassLoader to the list of transformers that this ClassLoader will apply.

Parameters:

other - the ClassLoader to copy from

loadClass

public Class<?> loadClass(String name)
                   throws ClassNotFoundException

Overrides:

loadClass in class ClassLoader

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

isClassNameExcludedFromShadowing

protected boolean isClassNameExcludedFromShadowing(String className)

Subclasses can override this method to specify whether or not a particular class should be excluded from shadowing.

Parameters:

className - the class name to test

getResource

public URL getResource(String name)

Overrides:

getResource in class ClassLoader

getResourceAsStream

public InputStream getResourceAsStream(String name)

Overrides:

getResourceAsStream in class ClassLoader

getResources

public Enumeration<URL> getResources(String name)
                              throws IOException

Overrides:

getResources in class ClassLoader

Throws:

IOException