1 /* VMClassLoader.java -- Reference implementation of native interface
2 required by ClassLoader
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41 import java
.security
.ProtectionDomain
;
43 import java
.io
.IOException
;
44 import java
.util
.Enumeration
;
46 import java
.util
.HashMap
;
47 import java
.lang
.reflect
.Constructor
;
48 import java
.security
.AllPermission
;
49 import java
.security
.Permission
;
50 import java
.security
.Permissions
;
51 import java
.security
.ProtectionDomain
;
53 import gnu
.java
.util
.EmptyEnumeration
;
56 * java.lang.VMClassLoader is a package-private helper for VMs to implement
57 * on behalf of java.lang.ClassLoader.
60 * @author Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
61 * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu>
63 final class VMClassLoader
65 // Protection Domain definitions
66 // FIXME: should there be a special protection domain used for native code?
68 // The permission required to check what a classes protection domain is.
69 static final Permission protectionDomainPermission
70 = new RuntimePermission("getProtectionDomain");
71 // The protection domain returned if we cannot determine it.
72 static ProtectionDomain unknownProtectionDomain
;
76 Permissions permissions
= new Permissions();
77 permissions
.add(new AllPermission());
78 unknownProtectionDomain
= new ProtectionDomain(null, permissions
);
82 * Helper to define a class using a string of bytes. This assumes that
83 * the security checks have already been performed, if necessary.
85 * <strong>For backward compatibility, this just ignores the protection
86 * domain; that is the wrong behavior, and you should directly implement
87 * this method natively if you can.</strong>
89 * @param name the name to give the class, or null if unknown
90 * @param data the data representing the classfile, in classfile format
91 * @param offset the offset into the data where the classfile starts
92 * @param len the length of the classfile data in the array
93 * @param pd the protection domain
94 * @return the class that was defined
95 * @throws ClassFormatError if data is not in proper classfile format
97 static final native Class
defineClass(ClassLoader cl
, String name
,
98 byte[] data
, int offset
, int len
,
100 throws ClassFormatError
;
102 static final native void linkClass0 (Class klass
);
103 static final native void markClassErrorState0 (Class klass
);
106 * Helper to resolve all references to other classes from this class.
108 * @param c the class to resolve
110 static final void resolveClass(Class clazz
)
120 markClassErrorState0 (clazz
);
123 if (x
instanceof LinkageError
)
124 e
= (LinkageError
) x
;
125 else if (x
instanceof ClassNotFoundException
)
127 e
= new NoClassDefFoundError("while resolving class: "
133 e
= new LinkageError ("unexpected exception during linking: "
143 * Helper to load a class from the bootstrap class loader.
145 * @param name the class name to load
146 * @param resolve whether to resolve it
147 * @return the class, loaded by the bootstrap classloader or null
148 * if the class wasn't found. Returning null is equivalent to throwing
149 * a ClassNotFoundException (but a possible performance optimization).
151 static final native Class
loadClass(String name
, boolean resolve
)
152 throws ClassNotFoundException
;
155 * Helper to load a resource from the bootstrap class loader.
157 * In libgcj, this does nothing, as the default system loader knows
158 * how to find resources that have been linked in.
160 * @param name the resource to find
161 * @return the URL to the resource
163 static URL
getResource(String name
)
169 * Helper to get a list of resources from the bootstrap class loader.
171 * In libgcj, this does nothing, as the default system loader knows
172 * how to find resources that have been linked in.
174 * @param name the resource to find
175 * @return an enumeration of resources
176 * @throws IOException if one occurs
178 static Enumeration
getResources(String name
) throws IOException
180 return EmptyEnumeration
.getInstance();
184 * Helper to get a package from the bootstrap class loader. The default
185 * implementation of returning null may be adequate, or you may decide
186 * that this needs some native help.
188 * @param name the name to find
189 * @return the named package, if it exists
191 static Package
getPackage(String name
)
197 * Helper to get all packages from the bootstrap class loader. The default
198 * implementation of returning an empty array may be adequate, or you may
199 * decide that this needs some native help.
201 * @return all named packages, if any exist
203 static Package
[] getPackages()
205 return new Package
[0];
209 * Helper for java.lang.Integer, Byte, etc to get the TYPE class
210 * at initialization time. The type code is one of the chars that
211 * represents the primitive type as in JNI.
214 * <li>'Z' - boolean</li>
215 * <li>'B' - byte</li>
216 * <li>'C' - char</li>
217 * <li>'D' - double</li>
218 * <li>'F' - float</li>
220 * <li>'J' - long</li>
221 * <li>'S' - short</li>
222 * <li>'V' - void</li>
225 * @param type the primitive type
226 * @return a "bogus" class representing the primitive type
228 static final native Class
getPrimitiveClass(char type
);
231 * The system default for assertion status. This is used for all system
232 * classes (those with a null ClassLoader), as well as the initial value for
233 * every ClassLoader's default assertion status.
235 * XXX - Not implemented yet; this requires native help.
237 * @return the system-wide default assertion status
239 static final boolean defaultAssertionStatus()
245 * The system default for package assertion status. This is used for all
246 * ClassLoader's packageAssertionStatus defaults. It must be a map of
247 * package names to Boolean.TRUE or Boolean.FALSE, with the unnamed package
248 * represented as a null key.
250 * XXX - Not implemented yet; this requires native help.
252 * @return a (read-only) map for the default packageAssertionStatus
254 static final Map
packageAssertionStatus()
256 return new HashMap();
260 * The system default for class assertion status. This is used for all
261 * ClassLoader's classAssertionStatus defaults. It must be a map of
262 * class names to Boolean.TRUE or Boolean.FALSE
264 * XXX - Not implemented yet; this requires native help.
266 * @return a (read-only) map for the default classAssertionStatus
268 static final Map
classAssertionStatus()
270 return new HashMap();
273 static native ClassLoader
getSystemClassLoaderInternal();
275 static ClassLoader
getSystemClassLoader()
277 // This method is called as the initialization of systemClassLoader,
278 // so if there is a null value, this is the first call and we must check
279 // for java.system.class.loader.
280 String loader
= System
.getProperty("java.system.class.loader");
281 ClassLoader default_sys
= getSystemClassLoaderInternal();
286 Class load_class
= Class
.forName(loader
, true, default_sys
);
288 = load_class
.getConstructor(new Class
[] { ClassLoader
.class });
290 = (ClassLoader
) c
.newInstance(new Object
[] { default_sys
});
294 System
.err
.println("Requested system classloader "
295 + loader
+ " failed, using "
296 + "gnu.gcj.runtime.VMClassLoader");