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什么是类加载机制?

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Java虚拟机将编译后的.class文件加载到内存中,进行校验、转换、解析和初始化,到最终的使用,这就是类的加载机制。类的加载时机并未有明确的规定,但是类明确了类的初始化时机。
类的加载机制大致分为五个过程:加载、验证、准备、解析、初始化。
通过ClassLoader加载一个Class对象到内存中。具体过程:
验证加载后的类是否符合.Class文件结构,类数据是否符合虚拟机的要求,确保不会危害虚拟机的安全。具体过程如下:
将类符号引用转换成直接引用。
给类变量(static)赋值,并执行static{}方法。这里的触发执行的方法是类构造器中。
类初始化的时机:
这里的ClassLoader是安卓的类加载器,不是Java的加载器,这是有区分的,比如Java的类加载器加载的是jar里面的.class文件的集合,而安卓则是将.class文件的集合全部写入到一个dex文件中,删除一些重复的代码,以此来提高性能。
Android的类加载器类型也可以分为两种:
无论哪种加载器,它们都要继承ClassLoader这个抽象父类。其中系统类加载器主要有:BootClassLoader、PathClassLoader、DexClassLoader
(1) BootClassLoader
class BootClassLoader extends ClassLoader {
    private static BootClassLoader instance;
    @FindBugsSuppressWarnings("DP_CREATE_CLASSLOADER_INSIDE_DO_PRIVILEGED")
    public static synchronized BootClassLoader getInstance() {
        if (instance == null) {
            instance = new BootClassLoader();
        }
        return instance;
    }
    ...
}  BootClassLoader继承于ClassLoader,它是一个没有父加载器的加载器,它在Zygote进程启动的时候,BootClassLoader加载器将会被创建,用它加载一些预加载类,方便以后fork进程时复用资源。同时它也是ClassLoader的内部类。
(2) PathClassLoader
public class PathClassLoader extends BaseDexClassLoader {
    /**
     * @param dexPath : Dex相关文件的路径
     * @param parent  : 父加载器
     */
    public PathClassLoader(String dexPath, ClassLoader parent) {
        super(dexPath, null, null, parent);
    }
    /**
     * @param dexPath: Dex相关文件的路径
     * @param librarySearchPath:包含C/C++库的路径集合
     * @param parent : 父加载器
     */
    public PathClassLoader(String dexPath, String librarySearchPath, ClassLoader parent) {
        super(dexPath, null, librarySearchPath, parent);
    }
    ...
}PathClassLoader继承BseDexClassLoader,同时BaseDexClassLoader继承ClassLoader。 PathClassLoader的创建在system_server进程中,PathClassLoader类加载器通常加载已经安装的apk的dex文件。 PathClassLoader类加载器默认的解压的dex文件的存储路径是:/data/dalvik_cache路径中。 如下是创建的时机:
public class ZygoteInit {
    // 创建完system_server进程后,会执行此方法
    private static Runnable handleSystemServerProcess(ZygoteArguments parsedArgs) {
        if (systemServerClasspath != null) {
            //...
        } else {
            ClassLoader cl = null;
            // 创建PathClassLoader加载器
            if (systemServerClasspath != null) {
                cl = createPathClassLoader(systemServerClasspath, parsedArgs.mTargetSdkVersion);
            }
        }
    }
    static ClassLoader createPathClassLoader(String classPath, int targetSdkVersion) {
        String libraryPath = System.getProperty("java.library.path");
        // 父加载器是BootClassLoader
        ClassLoader parent = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().getParent();
        // 创建工厂模式创建PathClassLoader
        return ClassLoaderFactory.createClassLoader(classPath, libraryPath, libraryPath,
                parent, targetSdkVersion, true /* isNamespaceShared */, null /* classLoaderName */);
    }
}
public abstract class ClassLoader {
    public static ClassLoader getSystemClassLoader() {
        return SystemClassLoader.loader;
    }
    static private class SystemClassLoader {
        public static ClassLoader loader = ClassLoader.createSystemClassLoader();
    }
    private static ClassLoader createSystemClassLoader() {
        String classPath = System.getProperty("java.class.path", ".");
        String librarySearchPath = System.getProperty("java.library.path", "");
        // 父加载器是BootClassLoader
        return new PathClassLoader(classPath, librarySearchPath, BootClassLoader.getInstance());
    }
}可见PathClassLoader的父加载器是BootClassLoader。
(3) DexClassLoader
public class DexClassLoader extends BaseDexClassLoader {
    /**
     *
     * @param dexPath : Dex相关文件的路径
     * @param optimizedDirectory: 解压的dex的存储路径
     * @param librarySearchPath:包含C/C++库的路径集合
     * @param parent : 父加载器
     */
    public DexClassLoader(String dexPath, String optimizedDirectory, String librarySearchPath, ClassLoader parent) {
        super(dexPath, null, librarySearchPath, parent);
    }
}DexClassLoader也是继承BaseDexClassLoader,相比PathClassLoader则是可以定义解压dex的存储路径。
除了BootClassLoader、PathClassLoader、DexClassLoader这三个类加载器外还有,InMemoryDexClassLoader:用于加载内存的dex;SecureClassLoader:权限检查的ClassLoader;URLClassLoader:URL的ClassLoade。
Android中所有的类加载器都继承于ClassLoader抽象类,这个类的loadClass()方法同样实现了双亲委托机制。
(1) 双亲委托机制
public abstract class ClassLoader {
   /**
     * 双亲委托机制
     */
    protected Class> loadClass(String name, boolean resolve)
            throws ClassNotFoundException {
        // 1. 先检查class是否已经加载过
        Class> c = findLoadedClass(name);
        if (c == null) {
            // 没有加载过
            try {
                if (parent != null) {
                    // 先给父ClassLoader加载Class
                    c = parent.loadClass(name, false);
                } else {
                    // 调用BootClassLoader加载Class
                    c = findBootstrapClassOrNull(name);
                }
            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                // ClassNotFoundException thrown if class not found
                // from the non-null parent class loader
            }
            if (c == null) {
                // 父的ClassLoader都没有加载class,则调用findClass()给此ClassLoader加载
                c = findClass(name);
            }
        }
        return c;
    }
    protected Class> findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        throw new ClassNotFoundException(name);
    }
}ClassLoader的loadClass()方法定义了加载器加载类的过程:
那这个findClass()方法在ClassLoader中是一个空实现,它让给你子类去实现这个查找的过程。那这里以BaseDexClassLoader为例,看findClass()是如何查找class文件的:
public class BaseDexClassLoader extends ClassLoader {
    private final DexPathList pathList;
    public BaseDexClassLoader(String dexPath,
                              String librarySearchPath, ClassLoader parent, ClassLoader[] sharedLibraryLoaders,
                              boolean isTrusted) {
        super(parent);
        this.sharedLibraryLoaders = sharedLibraryLoaders == null
                ? null
                : Arrays.copyOf(sharedLibraryLoaders, sharedLibraryLoaders.length);
        this.pathList = new DexPathList(this, dexPath, librarySearchPath, null, isTrusted);
        reportClassLoaderChain();
    }
    @Override
    protected Class> findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        //  调用DexPathList.findClass方法查找class
        Class c = pathList.findClass(name, suppressedExceptions);
        if (c == null) {
            ClassNotFoundException cnfe = new ClassNotFoundException(
                    "Didn't find class \"" + name + "\" on path: " + pathList);
            for (Throwable t : suppressedExceptions) {
                cnfe.addSuppressed(t);
            }
            throw cnfe;
        }
        return c;
    }
}
调用DexPathList.findClass()方法去查找class文件:
public final class DexPathList {
    private Element[] dexElements;
    DexPathList(ClassLoader definingContext, String dexPath,
                String librarySearchPath, File optimizedDirectory, boolean isTrusted) {
         this.dexElements = makeDexElements(splitDexPath(dexPath), optimizedDirectory,
                suppressedExceptions, definingContext, isTrusted);
    }
    public Class> findClass(String name, List suppressed) {
        // 遍历Element数组去查询
        for (Element element : dexElements) {
            Class> clazz = element.findClass(name, definingContext, suppressed);
            if (clazz != null) {
                return clazz;
            }
        }
        if (dexElementsSuppressedExceptions != null) {
            suppressed.addAll(Arrays.asList(dexElementsSuppressedExceptions));
        }
        return null;
    }
}
    /*package*/ static class Element {
        @UnsupportedAppUsage
        private final File path;
    
        private final Boolean pathIsDirectory;
        @UnsupportedAppUsage
        private final DexFile dexFile;
        private ClassPathURLStreamHandler urlHandler;
        private boolean initialized;
        @UnsupportedAppUsage
        public Element(DexFile dexFile, File dexZipPath) {
            if (dexFile == null && dexZipPath == null) {
                throw new NullPointerException("Either dexFile or path must be non-null");
            }
            this.dexFile = dexFile;
            this.path = dexZipPath;
            this.pathIsDirectory = (path == null) ? null : path.isDirectory();
        }
        public Class> findClass(String name, ClassLoader definingContext,
                                  List suppressed) {
             //  调用DexFile.loadClassBinaryName()方法去查找
            return dexFile != null ? dexFile.loadClassBinaryName(name, definingContext, suppressed)
                    : null;
        }
}
public final class DexFile {
    public Class loadClassBinaryName(String name, ClassLoader loader, List suppressed) {
        return defineClass(name, loader, mCookie, this, suppressed);
    }
    private static Class defineClass(String name, ClassLoader loader, Object cookie,
                                     DexFile dexFile, List suppressed) {
        Class result = null;
        try {
            result = defineClassNative(name, loader, cookie, dexFile);
        }
        ...
        return result;
    }
    private static native Class defineClassNative(String name, ClassLoader loader, Object cookie, DexFile dexFile)
        
}    DexPathList有一个Element[]数组,每个Element有dex文件路径,通过遍历Element[]数组,调用Element. loadClassBinaryName()方法去查找是否对应的class文件,最后调用defineClassNative()native方法去查找。