public final class Layer extends Object
A layer is created from a graph of modules that is the Configuration
and a function that maps each module to a ClassLoader
.
Creating a layer informs the Java virtual machine about the classes that
may be loaded from modules so that the Java virtual machine knows which
module that each class is a member of. Each layer, except the empty
layer, has a parent
.
Creating a layer creates a Module
object for each ResolvedModule
in the configuration. For each resolved module that is
read
, the Module
reads
the corresponding run-time Module
, which may
be in the same layer or a parent layer. The Module
exports
the packages described by its ModuleDescriptor
.
The defineModulesWithOneLoader
and
defineModulesWithManyLoaders
methods
provide convenient ways to create a Layer
where all modules are
mapped to a single class loader or where each module is mapped to its own
class loader. The defineModules
method is for more
advanced cases where modules are mapped to custom class loaders by means of
a function specified to the method.
A Java virtual machine has at least one non-empty layer, the boot
layer, that is created when the Java virtual machine is
started. The boot layer contains module java.base
and is the only
layer in the Java virtual machine with a module named "java.base
".
The modules in the boot layer are mapped to the bootstrap class loader and
other class loaders that are
built-in into the Java virtual machine. The boot layer will often be
the parent
when creating additional layers.
As when creating a Configuration
,
automatic
modules receive
special
treatment when creating a layer. An automatic module is created in the
Java virtual machine as a Module
that reads every unnamed
Module
in the Java virtual machine.
Unless otherwise specified, passing a null
argument to a method
in this class causes a NullPointerException
to
be thrown.
This example creates a configuration by resolving a module named
"myapp
" with the configuration for the boot layer as the parent. It
then creates a new layer with the modules in this configuration. All modules
are defined to the same class loader.
ModuleFinder finder = ModuleFinder.of(dir1, dir2, dir3);
Layer parent = Layer.boot();
Configuration cf = parent.configuration()
.resolveRequires(finder, ModuleFinder.of(), Set.of("myapp"));
ClassLoader scl = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
Layer layer = parent.defineModulesWithOneLoader(cf, scl);
Class<?> c = layer.findLoader("myapp").loadClass("app.Main");
Module.getLayer()
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
---|---|---|
static Layer |
boot() |
Returns the boot layer.
|
Configuration |
configuration() |
Returns the configuration for this layer.
|
Layer |
defineModules(Configuration cf,
Function<String,ClassLoader> clf) |
Creates a new layer, with this layer as its parent, by defining the
modules in the given
Configuration to the Java virtual machine. |
Layer |
defineModulesWithManyLoaders(Configuration cf,
ClassLoader parentLoader) |
Creates a new layer, with this layer as its parent, by defining the
modules in the given
Configuration to the Java virtual machine. |
Layer |
defineModulesWithOneLoader(Configuration cf,
ClassLoader parentLoader) |
Creates a new layer, with this layer as its parent, by defining the
modules in the given
Configuration to the Java virtual machine. |
static Layer |
empty() |
Returns the empty layer.
|
ClassLoader |
findLoader(String name) |
Returns the
ClassLoader for the module with the given name. |
Optional<Module> |
findModule(String name) |
Returns the module with the given name in this layer, or if not in this
layer, the parent layer.
|
Set<Module> |
modules() |
Returns a set of the modules in this layer.
|
Optional<Layer> |
parent() |
Returns this layer's parent unless this is the empty
layer, which has no parent.
|
public Layer defineModulesWithOneLoader(Configuration cf, ClassLoader parentLoader)
Configuration
to the Java virtual machine.
This method creates one class loader and defines all modules to that
class loader.
The class loader created by this method implements direct
delegation when loading types from modules. When its loadClass
method is invoked to
load a class then it uses the package name of the class to map it to a
module. This may be a module in this layer and hence defined to the same
class loader. It may be a package in a module in a parent layer that is
exported to one or more of the modules in this layer. The class
loader delegates to the class loader of the module, throwing
ClassNotFoundException
if not found by that class loader.
When loadClass
is invoked to load classes that do not map to a
module then it delegates to the parent class loader.
Attempting to create a layer with all modules defined to the same class loader can fail for the following reasons:
Overlapping packages: Two or more modules in the configuration have the same package (exported or concealed).
Split delegation: The resulting class loader would need to delegate to more than one class loader in order to load types in a specific package.
If there is a security manager then the class loader created by this method will load classes and resources with privileges that are restricted by the calling context of this method.
cf
- The configuration for the layerparentLoader
- The parent class loader for the class loader created by this
method; may be null
for the bootstrap class loaderIllegalArgumentException
- If the parent of the given configuration is not the configuration
for this layerLayerInstantiationException
- If all modules cannot be defined to the same class loader for any
of the reasons listed above or the layer cannot be created because
the configuration contains a module named "java.base
"SecurityException
- If RuntimePermission("createClassLoader")
or
RuntimePermission("getClassLoader")
is denied by
the security managerfindLoader(java.lang.String)
public Layer defineModulesWithManyLoaders(Configuration cf, ClassLoader parentLoader)
Configuration
to the Java virtual machine.
Each module is defined to its own ClassLoader
created by this
method. The parent
of each class loader
is the given parent class loader.
The class loaders created by this method implement direct
delegation when loading types from modules. When loadClass
method is invoked to
load a class then it uses the package name of the class to map it to a
module. The package may be in the module defined to the class loader.
The package may be exported by another module in this layer to the
module defined to the class loader. It may be in a package exported by a
module in a parent layer. The class loader delegates to the class loader
of the module, throwing ClassNotFoundException
if not found by
that class loader.
When loadClass
is invoked to load classes that do not map to a
module then it delegates to the parent class loader.
If there is a security manager then the class loaders created by this method will load classes and resources with privileges that are restricted by the calling context of this method.
cf
- The configuration for the layerparentLoader
- The parent class loader for each of the class loaders created by
this method; may be null
for the bootstrap class loaderIllegalArgumentException
- If the parent of the given configuration is not the configuration
for this layerLayerInstantiationException
- If the layer cannot be created because the configuration contains
a module named "java.base
"SecurityException
- If RuntimePermission("createClassLoader")
or
RuntimePermission("getClassLoader")
is denied by
the security managerfindLoader(java.lang.String)
public Layer defineModules(Configuration cf, Function<String,ClassLoader> clf)
Configuration
to the Java virtual machine.
Each module is mapped, by name, to its class loader by means of the
given function. The class loader delegation implemented by these class
loaders must respect module readability. In addition, the caller needs
to arrange that the class loaders are ready to load from these module
before there are any attempts to load classes or resources.
Creating a Layer
can fail for the following reasons:
Two or more modules with the same package (exported or concealed) are mapped to the same class loader.
A module is mapped to a class loader that already has a module of the same name defined to it.
A module is mapped to a class loader that has already defined types in any of the packages in the module.
If the function to map a module name to class loader throws an error or runtime exception then it is propagated to the caller of this method.
cf
- The configuration for the layerclf
- The function to map a module name to a class loaderIllegalArgumentException
- If the parent of the given configuration is not the configuration
for this layerLayerInstantiationException
- If creating the Layer
fails for any of the reasons
listed above or the layer cannot be created because the
configuration contains a module named "java.base
"SecurityException
- If RuntimePermission("getClassLoader")
is denied by
the security managerpublic Configuration configuration()
public Optional<Layer> parent()
public Set<Module> modules()
public Optional<Module> findModule(String name)
name
- The name of the module to findOptional
if there isn't a module with this name in this layer or any
parent layerpublic ClassLoader findLoader(String name)
ClassLoader
for the module with the given name. If
a module of the given name is not in this layer then the parent
layer is checked.
If there is a security manager then its checkPermission
method is called with a RuntimePermission("getClassLoader")
permission to check that the caller is allowed to get access to the
class loader.
Optional<ClassLoader>
because `null` must be used to represent the bootstrap class loader.name
- The name of the module to findIllegalArgumentException
- if a module of the given name is not
defined in this layer or any parent of this layerSecurityException
- if denied by the security managerpublic static Layer empty()
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