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package org.glassfish.internal.api;
import org.glassfish.internal.api.DelegatingClassLoader;
import org.glassfish.api.deployment.DeploymentContext;
import org.jvnet.hk2.annotations.Contract;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.util.List;
import com.sun.enterprise.module.ResolveError;
/**
* This class is responsible foe creation of class loader hierarchy
* of an application.
*
* @author [email protected]
*/
@Contract
public interface ClassLoaderHierarchy {
/**
* Returns a ClassLoader that can load classes exported by any OSGi bundle
* in the system for public use. Such classes include Java EE API, AMX API,
* appserv-ext API, etc. CommonClassLoader delegates to this class loader.
* @return a ClassLoader that can load classes exported by any bundles
*/
ClassLoader getAPIClassLoader();
/**
* Returns a class loader that is common to all deployed applications.
* Common Class Loader is responsible for loading classes from
* following URLs (the order is strictly maintained):
* lib/*.jar:domain_dir/lib/classes:domain_dir/lib/*.jar.
* Please note that domain_dir/lib/classes comes before domain_dir/lib/*.jar,
* just like WEB-INF/classes is searched first before WEB-INF/lib/*.jar.
* It delegates to APIClassLoader.
* @see #getAPIClassLoader()
* @return ClassLoader common to all deployed applications.
*/
ClassLoader getCommonClassLoader();
/**
* Returns the classpath equiavalent to what is used by classloader
* returned by {@link #getCommonClassLoader()}. Classpath entries are
* separated by {@link java.io.File#separatorChar}, but don't assume
* there will be any leading or trailing separator char. It returns
* an empty string if there are no libraries installed.
* @return ClassPath separated by {@link java.io.File#pathSeparatorChar}
*/
String getCommonClassPath();
/**
* Returns the class loader which has visibility to appropriate list of
* standalone RARs deployed in the server. Depending on a policy,
* this can either return a singleton classloader for all applications or
* a class loader specific to an application. When a singleton class loader
* is returned, such a class loader will have visibility to all the
* standalone RARs deployed in the system. When a class loader specific
* to an application is returned, such a class loader will have visibility
* to only standalone RARs that the application depends on.
*
* @param application Application whose class loader hierarchy is being set
* @return class loader which has visibility to appropriate list of
* standalone RARs.
*/
DelegatingClassLoader getConnectorClassLoader(String application);
/**
* Returns AppLibClassLoader. As the name suggests, this class loader
* has visibility to deploy time libraries (--libraries and EXTENSION_LIST of MANIFEST.MF, provided the library is
* available in 'applibs' directory) for an application.
* It is different from CommonClassLoader in a sense that the libraries that
* are part of common class loader are shared by all applications,
* where as this class loader adds a scope to a library.
* @param application Application for which this class loader is created
* @param libURIs list of URIs, where each URI represent a library
* @return class loader that has visibility to appropriate
* application specific libraries.
* @throws MalformedURLException
* @see #getAppLibClassFinder(List)
*/
ClassLoader getAppLibClassLoader(String application, List libURIs)
throws MalformedURLException;
/**
* Returns ApplibClassFinder. As the name suggests, this class finder
* has visibility to deploy time libraries (--libraries and EXTENSION_LIST of MANIFEST.MF,
* provided the library is available in 'applibs' directory) for an application.
* It is different from CommonClassLoader in a sense that the libraries that
* are part of common class loader are shared by all applications,
* where as this class loader adds a scope to a library.
* NOTE : Difference between this API and getAppLibClassLoader(String, List<URI>) is the latter
* will be used by all applications (for its parent classloader) whereas this API will be used only by connector
* classloader. All other application classloaders will have AppLibClassLoader as parent where as connector classloader
* will be above AppLibClassLoader and hence simple delegation is not feasible.
* @param libURIs list of URIs, where each URI represent a library
* @return class loader that has visibility to appropriate
* application specific libraries.
* @throws MalformedURLException
* @see #getAppLibClassLoader(String, List)
*/
DelegatingClassLoader.ClassFinder getAppLibClassFinder(List libURIs)
throws MalformedURLException;
/**
* Sets up the parent class loader for the application class loader.
* Application class loader are under the control of the ArchiveHandler since
* a special archive file format will require a specific class loader.
*
* However GlassFish needs to be able to add capabilities to the application
* like adding APIs accessibility, this is done through its parent class loader
* which we create and maintain.
*
* @param parent the parent class loader
* @param context deployment context
* @return class loader capable of loading public APIs identified by the deployers
* @throws com.sun.enterprise.module.ResolveError if one of the deployer's public API module is not found.
*/
public ClassLoader createApplicationParentCL(ClassLoader parent, DeploymentContext context)
throws ResolveError;
}
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