Java Class Load loadClass(String fqcn, Class<?>... classes)

Description

Loads the class via the optionally specified classes in the order of their specification, and if not found, via the context class loader of the current thread, and if not found, from the caller class loader as the last resort.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
fqcn	fully qualified class name of the target class to be loaded
classes	class loader providers

Exception

Parameter	Description
ClassNotFoundException	if failed to load the class

Return

the class loaded; never null

Declaration

public static Class<?> loadClass(String fqcn, Class<?>... classes) throws ClassNotFoundException

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Loads the class via the optionally specified classes in the order of
     * their specification, and if not found, via the context class loader of
     * the current thread, and if not found, from the caller class loader as the
     * last resort.
     *
     * @param fqcn fully qualified class name of the target class to be loaded
     * @param classes class loader providers
     * @return the class loaded; never null
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException if failed to load the class
     */
    public static Class<?> loadClass(String fqcn, Class<?>... classes) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        return loadClass(fqcn, true, classes);
    }

    /**
     * If classesFirst is false, loads the class via the context class loader of
     * the current thread, and if not found, via the class loaders of the
     * optionally specified classes in the order of their specification, and if
     * not found, from the caller class loader as the last resort.
     * <p>
     * If classesFirst is true, loads the class via the optionally specified
     * classes in the order of their specification, and if not found, via the
     * context class loader of the current thread, and if not found, from the
     * caller class loader as the last resort.
     *
     * @param fqcn fully qualified class name of the target class to be loaded
     * @param classesFirst true if the class loaders of the optionally specified
     *            classes take precedence over the context class loader of the
     *            current thread; false if the opposite is true.
     * @param classes class loader providers
     * @return the class loaded; never null
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException if failed to load the class
     */
    public static Class<?> loadClass(String fqcn, boolean classesFirst, Class<?>... classes)
            throws ClassNotFoundException {
        Class<?> target = null;
        if (classesFirst) {
            target = loadClassViaClasses(fqcn, classes);
            if (target == null) {
                target = loadClassViaContext(fqcn);
            }
        } else {
            target = loadClassViaContext(fqcn);
            if (target == null) {
                target = loadClassViaClasses(fqcn, classes);
            }
        }
        return target == null ? Class.forName(fqcn) : target;
    }

    private static Class<?> loadClassViaClasses(String fqcn, Class<?>[] classes) {
        if (classes != null) {
            for (Class<?> c : classes) {
                ClassLoader loader = c.getClassLoader();
                if (loader != null) {
                    try {
                        return loader.loadClass(fqcn);
                    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                        // move on to try the next class loader
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    private static Class<?> loadClassViaContext(String fqcn) {
        ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
        try {
            return loader == null ? null : loader.loadClass(fqcn);
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Java Class Load loadClass(String fqcn, Class... classes)