path: root/libjava/classpath/java/net/URLClassLoader.java

/* URLClassLoader.java --  ClassLoader that loads classes from one or more URLs
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package java.net;

import gnu.java.net.loader.FileURLLoader;
import gnu.java.net.loader.JarURLLoader;
import gnu.java.net.loader.RemoteURLLoader;
import gnu.java.net.loader.Resource;
import gnu.java.net.loader.URLLoader;
import gnu.java.net.loader.URLStreamHandlerCache;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.EOFException;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FilePermission;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.security.AccessControlContext;
import java.security.AccessController;
import java.security.CodeSource;
import java.security.PermissionCollection;
import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
import java.security.SecureClassLoader;
import java.security.cert.Certificate;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Vector;
import java.util.jar.Attributes;
import java.util.jar.Manifest;


/**
 * A secure class loader that can load classes and resources from
 * multiple locations.  Given an array of <code>URL</code>s this class
 * loader will retrieve classes and resources by fetching them from
 * possible remote locations.  Each <code>URL</code> is searched in
 * order in which it was added.  If the file portion of the
 * <code>URL</code> ends with a '/' character then it is interpreted
 * as a base directory, otherwise it is interpreted as a jar file from
 * which the classes/resources are resolved.
 *
 * <p>New instances can be created by two static
 * <code>newInstance()</code> methods or by three public
 * contructors. Both ways give the option to supply an initial array
 * of <code>URL</code>s and (optionally) a parent classloader (that is
 * different from the standard system class loader).</p>
 *
 * <p>Normally creating a <code>URLClassLoader</code> throws a
 * <code>SecurityException</code> if a <code>SecurityManager</code> is
 * installed and the <code>checkCreateClassLoader()</code> method does
 * not return true.  But the <code>newInstance()</code> methods may be
 * used by any code as long as it has permission to acces the given
 * <code>URL</code>s.  <code>URLClassLoaders</code> created by the
 * <code>newInstance()</code> methods also explicitly call the
 * <code>checkPackageAccess()</code> method of
 * <code>SecurityManager</code> if one is installed before trying to
 * load a class.  Note that only subclasses of
 * <code>URLClassLoader</code> can add new URLs after the
 * URLClassLoader had been created. But it is always possible to get
 * an array of all URLs that the class loader uses to resolve classes
 * and resources by way of the <code>getURLs()</code> method.</p>
 *
 * <p>Open issues:
 * <ul>
 *
 * <li>Should the URLClassLoader actually add the locations found in
 * the manifest or is this the responsibility of some other
 * loader/(sub)class?  (see <a
 * href="http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.4/docs/guide/extensions/spec.html">
 * Extension Mechanism Architecture - Bundles Extensions</a>)</li>
 *
 * <li>How does <code>definePackage()</code> and sealing work
 * precisely?</li>
 *
 * <li>We save and use the security context (when a created by
 * <code>newInstance()</code> but do we have to use it in more
 * places?</li>
 *
 * <li>The use of <code>URLStreamHandler</code>s has not been tested.</li>
 *
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @since 1.2
 *
 * @author Mark Wielaard (mark@klomp.org)
 * @author Wu Gansha (gansha.wu@intel.com)
 */
public class URLClassLoader extends SecureClassLoader
{
  // Class Variables

  /**
   * A cache to store mappings between handler factory and its
   * private protocol handler cache (also a HashMap), so we can avoid
   * creating handlers each time the same protocol comes.
   */
  private static URLStreamHandlerCache factoryCache
    = new URLStreamHandlerCache();

  /**
   * The prefix for URL loaders.
   */
  private static final String URL_LOADER_PREFIX = "gnu.java.net.loader.Load_";

  // Instance variables

  /** Locations to load classes from */
  private final Vector<URL> urls = new Vector<URL>();

  /**
   * Store pre-parsed information for each url into this vector: each
   * element is a URL loader.  A jar file has its own class-path
   * attribute which adds to the URLs that will be searched, but this
   * does not add to the list of urls.
   */
  private final Vector<URLLoader> urlinfos = new Vector<URLLoader>();

  /** Factory used to get the protocol handlers of the URLs */
  private final URLStreamHandlerFactory factory;

  /**
   * The security context when created from <code>newInstance()</code>
   * or null when created through a normal constructor or when no
   * <code>SecurityManager</code> was installed.
   */
  private final AccessControlContext securityContext;

  // Helper classes

  /**
   * Creates a URLClassLoader that gets classes from the supplied URLs.
   * To determine if this classloader may be created the constructor of
   * the super class (<code>SecureClassLoader</code>) is called first, which
   * can throw a SecurityException. Then the supplied URLs are added
   * in the order given to the URLClassLoader which uses these URLs to
   * load classes and resources (after using the default parent ClassLoader).
   *
   * @param urls Locations that should be searched by this ClassLoader when
   * resolving Classes or Resources.
   * @exception SecurityException if the SecurityManager disallows the
   * creation of a ClassLoader.
   * @see SecureClassLoader
   */
  public URLClassLoader(URL[] urls) throws SecurityException
  {
    super();
    this.factory = null;
    this.securityContext = null;
    addURLs(urls);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a <code>URLClassLoader</code> that gets classes from the supplied
   * <code>URL</code>s.
   * To determine if this classloader may be created the constructor of
   * the super class (<code>SecureClassLoader</code>) is called first, which
   * can throw a SecurityException. Then the supplied URLs are added
   * in the order given to the URLClassLoader which uses these URLs to
   * load classes and resources (after using the supplied parent ClassLoader).
   * @param urls Locations that should be searched by this ClassLoader when
   * resolving Classes or Resources.
   * @param parent The parent class loader used before trying this class
   * loader.
   * @exception SecurityException if the SecurityManager disallows the
   * creation of a ClassLoader.
   * @exception SecurityException
   * @see SecureClassLoader
   */
  public URLClassLoader(URL[] urls, ClassLoader parent)
    throws SecurityException
  {
    super(parent);
    this.factory = null;
    this.securityContext = null;
    addURLs(urls);
  }

  // Package-private to avoid a trampoline constructor.
  /**
   * Package-private constructor used by the static
   * <code>newInstance(URL[])</code> method.  Creates an
   * <code>URLClassLoader</code> with the given parent but without any
   * <code>URL</code>s yet. This is used to bypass the normal security
   * check for creating classloaders, but remembers the security
   * context which will be used when defining classes.  The
   * <code>URL</code>s to load from must be added by the
   * <code>newInstance()</code> method in the security context of the
   * caller.
   *
   * @param securityContext the security context of the unprivileged code.
   */
  URLClassLoader(ClassLoader parent, AccessControlContext securityContext)
  {
    super(parent);
    this.factory = null;
    this.securityContext = securityContext;
  }

  /**
   * Creates a URLClassLoader that gets classes from the supplied URLs.
   * To determine if this classloader may be created the constructor of
   * the super class (<CODE>SecureClassLoader</CODE>) is called first, which
   * can throw a SecurityException. Then the supplied URLs are added
   * in the order given to the URLClassLoader which uses these URLs to
   * load classes and resources (after using the supplied parent ClassLoader).
   * It will use the supplied <CODE>URLStreamHandlerFactory</CODE> to get the
   * protocol handlers of the supplied URLs.
   * @param urls Locations that should be searched by this ClassLoader when
   * resolving Classes or Resources.
   * @param parent The parent class loader used before trying this class
   * loader.
   * @param factory Used to get the protocol handler for the URLs.
   * @exception SecurityException if the SecurityManager disallows the
   * creation of a ClassLoader.
   * @exception SecurityException
   * @see SecureClassLoader
   */
  public URLClassLoader(URL[] urls, ClassLoader parent,
                        URLStreamHandlerFactory factory)
    throws SecurityException
  {
    super(parent);
    this.securityContext = null;
    this.factory = factory;
    // If this factory is not yet in factoryCache, add it.
    factoryCache.add(factory);
    addURLs(urls);
  }

  // Methods

  /**
   * Adds a new location to the end of the internal URL store.
   * @param newUrl the location to add
   */
  protected void addURL(URL newUrl)
  {
    urls.add(newUrl);
    addURLImpl(newUrl);
  }

  private void addURLImpl(URL newUrl)
  {
    synchronized (this)
      {
        if (newUrl == null)
          return; // Silently ignore...

	// Reset the toString() value.
	thisString = null;

        // Create a loader for this URL.
        URLLoader loader = null;
        String file = newUrl.getFile();
        String protocol = newUrl.getProtocol();

        // If we have a file: URL, we want to make it absolute
        // here, before we decide whether it is really a jar.
        URL absoluteURL;
        if ("file".equals (protocol))
          {
            File dir = new File(file);
            try
              {
                absoluteURL = dir.getCanonicalFile().toURL();
              }
            catch (IOException ignore)
              {
                try
                  {
                    absoluteURL = dir.getAbsoluteFile().toURL();
                  }
                catch (MalformedURLException _)
                  {
                    // This really should not happen.
                    absoluteURL = newUrl;
                  }
              }
          }
        else
          {
            // This doesn't hurt, and it simplifies the logic a
            // little.
            absoluteURL = newUrl;
          }

        // First see if we can find a handler with the correct name.
        try
          {
            Class<?> handler = Class.forName(URL_LOADER_PREFIX + protocol);
            Class<?>[] argTypes = new Class<?>[] { URLClassLoader.class,
                                                   URLStreamHandlerCache.class,
                                                   URLStreamHandlerFactory.class,
                                                   URL.class,
                                                   URL.class };
            Constructor k = handler.getDeclaredConstructor(argTypes);
            loader
              = (URLLoader) k.newInstance(new Object[] { this,
                                                         factoryCache,
                                                         factory,
                                                         newUrl,
                                                         absoluteURL });
          }
        catch (ClassNotFoundException ignore)
          {
            // Fall through.
          }
        catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme)
          {
            // Programming error in the class library.
            InternalError vme
              = new InternalError("couldn't find URLLoader constructor");
            vme.initCause(nsme);
            throw vme;
          }
        catch (InstantiationException inste)
          {
            // Programming error in the class library.
            InternalError vme
              = new InternalError("couldn't instantiate URLLoader");
            vme.initCause(inste);
            throw vme;
          }
        catch (InvocationTargetException ite)
          {
            // Programming error in the class library.
            InternalError vme
              = new InternalError("error instantiating URLLoader");
            vme.initCause(ite);
            throw vme;
          }
        catch (IllegalAccessException illae)
          {
            // Programming error in the class library.
            InternalError vme
              = new InternalError("invalid access to URLLoader");
            vme.initCause(illae);
            throw vme;
          }

        if (loader == null)
          {
            // If it is not a directory, use the jar loader.
            if (! (file.endsWith("/") || file.endsWith(File.separator)))
              loader = new JarURLLoader(this, factoryCache, factory,
                                        newUrl, absoluteURL);
            else if ("file".equals(protocol))
              loader = new FileURLLoader(this, factoryCache, factory,
                                         newUrl, absoluteURL);
            else
              loader = new RemoteURLLoader(this, factoryCache, factory,
                                           newUrl);
          }

	urlinfos.add(loader);
	ArrayList<URLLoader> extra = loader.getClassPath();
        if (extra != null)
          urlinfos.addAll(extra);
      }
  }

  /**
   * Adds an array of new locations to the end of the internal URL
   * store.  Called from the the constructors. Should not call to the
   * protected addURL() method since that can be overridden and
   * subclasses are not yet in a good state at this point.
   * jboss 4.0.3 for example depends on this.
   *
   * @param newUrls the locations to add
   */
  private void addURLs(URL[] newUrls)
  {
    for (int i = 0; i < newUrls.length; i++)
      {
	urls.add(newUrls[i]);
	addURLImpl(newUrls[i]);
      }
  }

  /**
   * Look in both Attributes for a given value.  The first Attributes
   * object, if not null, has precedence.
   */
  private String getAttributeValue(Attributes.Name name, Attributes first,
				   Attributes second)
  {
    String result = null;
    if (first != null)
      result = first.getValue(name);
    if (result == null)
      result = second.getValue(name);
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Defines a Package based on the given name and the supplied manifest
   * information. The manifest indicates the title, version and
   * vendor information of the specification and implementation and whether the
   * package is sealed. If the Manifest indicates that the package is sealed
   * then the Package will be sealed with respect to the supplied URL.
   *
   * @param name The name of the package
   * @param manifest The manifest describing the specification,
   * implementation and sealing details of the package
   * @param url the code source url to seal the package
   * @return the defined Package
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException If this package name already exists
   * in this class loader
   */
  protected Package definePackage(String name, Manifest manifest, URL url)
    throws IllegalArgumentException
  {
    // Compute the name of the package as it may appear in the
    // Manifest.
    StringBuffer xform = new StringBuffer(name);
    for (int i = xform.length () - 1; i >= 0; --i)
      if (xform.charAt(i) == '.')
	xform.setCharAt(i, '/');
    xform.append('/');
    String xformName = xform.toString();

    Attributes entryAttr = manifest.getAttributes(xformName);
    Attributes attr = manifest.getMainAttributes();

    String specTitle
      = getAttributeValue(Attributes.Name.SPECIFICATION_TITLE,
			  entryAttr, attr);
    String specVersion
      = getAttributeValue(Attributes.Name.SPECIFICATION_VERSION,
			  entryAttr, attr);
    String specVendor
      = getAttributeValue(Attributes.Name.SPECIFICATION_VENDOR,
			  entryAttr, attr);
    String implTitle
      = getAttributeValue(Attributes.Name.IMPLEMENTATION_TITLE,
			  entryAttr, attr);
    String implVersion
      = getAttributeValue(Attributes.Name.IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION,
			  entryAttr, attr);
    String implVendor
      = getAttributeValue(Attributes.Name.IMPLEMENTATION_VENDOR,
			  entryAttr, attr);

    // Look if the Manifest indicates that this package is sealed
    // XXX - most likely not completely correct!
    // Shouldn't we also check the sealed attribute of the complete jar?
    // http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.4/docs/guide/extensions/spec.html#bundled
    // But how do we get that jar manifest here?
    String sealed = attr.getValue(Attributes.Name.SEALED);
    if ("false".equals(sealed))
      // make sure that the URL is null so the package is not sealed
      url = null;

    return definePackage(name,
			 specTitle, specVendor, specVersion,
			 implTitle, implVendor, implVersion,
			 url);
  }

  /**
   * Finds (the first) class by name from one of the locations. The locations
   * are searched in the order they were added to the URLClassLoader.
   *
   * @param className the classname to find
   * @exception ClassNotFoundException when the class could not be found or
   * loaded
   * @return a Class object representing the found class
   */
  protected Class<?> findClass(final String className)
    throws ClassNotFoundException
  {
    // Just try to find the resource by the (almost) same name
    String resourceName = className.replace('.', '/') + ".class";
    int max = urlinfos.size();
    Resource resource = null;
    for (int i = 0; i < max && resource == null; i++)
      {
        URLLoader loader = (URLLoader)urlinfos.elementAt(i);
        if (loader == null)
          continue;

        Class k = loader.getClass(className);
        if (k != null)
          return k;

        resource = loader.getResource(resourceName);
      }
    if (resource == null)
      throw new ClassNotFoundException(className + " not found in " + this);

    // Try to read the class data, create the CodeSource, Package and
    // construct the class (and watch out for those nasty IOExceptions)
    try
      {
	byte[] data;
	InputStream in = resource.getInputStream();
	try
	  {
	    int length = resource.getLength();
	    if (length != -1)
	      {
		// We know the length of the data.
		// Just try to read it in all at once
		data = new byte[length];
		int pos = 0;
		while (length - pos > 0)
		  {
		    int len = in.read(data, pos, length - pos);
		    if (len == -1)
		      throw new EOFException("Not enough data reading from: "
					     + in);
		    pos += len;
		  }
	      }
	    else
	      {
		// We don't know the data length.
		// Have to read it in chunks.
		ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream(4096);
		byte[] b = new byte[4096];
		int l = 0;
		while (l != -1)
		  {
		    l = in.read(b);
		    if (l != -1)
		      out.write(b, 0, l);
		  }
		data = out.toByteArray();
	      }
	  }
	finally
	  {
	    in.close();
	  }
	final byte[] classData = data;

        // Now get the CodeSource
        final CodeSource source = resource.getCodeSource();

        // Find out package name
        String packageName = null;
        int lastDot = className.lastIndexOf('.');
        if (lastDot != -1)
          packageName = className.substring(0, lastDot);

        if (packageName != null && getPackage(packageName) == null)
          {
            // define the package
            Manifest manifest = resource.getLoader().getManifest();
            if (manifest == null)
              definePackage(packageName, null, null, null, null, null, null,
                            null);
            else
              definePackage(packageName, manifest,
                            resource.getLoader().getBaseURL());
          }

        // And finally construct the class!
        SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
        Class result = null;
        if (sm != null && securityContext != null)
          {
            result = AccessController.doPrivileged
              (new PrivilegedAction<Class>()
                {
                  public Class run()
                  {
                    return defineClass(className, classData,
                                       0, classData.length,
                                       source);
                  }
                }, securityContext);
          }
        else
          result = defineClass(className, classData, 0, classData.length, source);

        // Avoid NullPointerExceptions.
        Certificate[] resourceCertificates = resource.getCertificates();
        if(resourceCertificates != null)
          super.setSigners(result, resourceCertificates);
        
        return result;
      }
    catch (IOException ioe)
      {
	throw new ClassNotFoundException(className + " not found in " + this, ioe);
      }
  }
  
  // Cached String representation of this URLClassLoader
  private String thisString;
  
  /**
   * Returns a String representation of this URLClassLoader giving the
   * actual Class name, the URLs that are searched and the parent
   * ClassLoader.
   */
  public String toString()
  {
    synchronized (this)
      {
	if (thisString == null)
	  {
	    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
	    sb.append(this.getClass().getName());
	    sb.append("{urls=[" );
	    URL[] thisURLs = getURLs();
	    for (int i = 0; i < thisURLs.length; i++)
	      {
		sb.append(thisURLs[i]);
		if (i < thisURLs.length - 1)
		  sb.append(',');
	      }
	    sb.append(']');
	    sb.append(", parent=");
	    sb.append(getParent());
	    sb.append('}');
	    thisString = sb.toString();
	  }
	return thisString;
      }
  }

  /**
   * Finds the first occurrence of a resource that can be found. The locations
   * are searched in the order they were added to the URLClassLoader.
   *
   * @param resourceName the resource name to look for
   * @return the URLResource for the resource if found, null otherwise
   */
  private Resource findURLResource(String resourceName)
  {
    int max = urlinfos.size();
    for (int i = 0; i < max; i++)
      {
        URLLoader loader = (URLLoader) urlinfos.elementAt(i);
        if (loader == null)
          continue;

        Resource resource = loader.getResource(resourceName);
        if (resource != null)
          return resource;
      }
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Finds the first occurrence of a resource that can be found.
   *
   * @param resourceName the resource name to look for
   * @return the URL if found, null otherwise
   */
  public URL findResource(String resourceName)
  {
    Resource resource = findURLResource(resourceName);
    if (resource != null)
      return resource.getURL();

    // Resource not found
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Finds all the resources with a particular name from all the locations.
   *
   * @param resourceName the name of the resource to lookup
   * @return a (possible empty) enumeration of URLs where the resource can be
   * found
   * @exception IOException when an error occurs accessing one of the
   * locations
   */
  public Enumeration<URL> findResources(String resourceName)
    throws IOException
  {
    Vector<URL> resources = new Vector<URL>();
    int max = urlinfos.size();
    for (int i = 0; i < max; i++)
      {
        URLLoader loader = (URLLoader) urlinfos.elementAt(i);
        Resource resource = loader.getResource(resourceName);
        if (resource != null)
          resources.add(resource.getURL());
      }
    return resources.elements();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the permissions needed to access a particular code
   * source.  These permissions includes those returned by
   * <code>SecureClassLoader.getPermissions()</code> and the actual
   * permissions to access the objects referenced by the URL of the
   * code source.  The extra permissions added depend on the protocol
   * and file portion of the URL in the code source. If the URL has
   * the "file" protocol ends with a '/' character then it must be a
   * directory and a file Permission to read everything in that
   * directory and all subdirectories is added. If the URL had the
   * "file" protocol and doesn't end with a '/' character then it must
   * be a normal file and a file permission to read that file is
   * added. If the <code>URL</code> has any other protocol then a
   * socket permission to connect and accept connections from the host
   * portion of the URL is added.
   *
   * @param source The codesource that needs the permissions to be accessed
   * @return the collection of permissions needed to access the code resource
   * @see java.security.SecureClassLoader#getPermissions(CodeSource)
   */
  protected PermissionCollection getPermissions(CodeSource source)
  {
    // XXX - This implementation does exactly as the Javadoc describes.
    // But maybe we should/could use URLConnection.getPermissions()?
    // First get the permissions that would normally be granted
    PermissionCollection permissions = super.getPermissions(source);

    // Now add any extra permissions depending on the URL location.
    URL url = source.getLocation();
    String protocol = url.getProtocol();
    if (protocol.equals("file"))
      {
        String file = url.getFile();

        // If the file end in / it must be an directory.
        if (file.endsWith("/") || file.endsWith(File.separator))
          {
            // Grant permission to read everything in that directory and
            // all subdirectories.
            permissions.add(new FilePermission(file + "-", "read"));
          }
        else
          {
            // It is a 'normal' file.
            // Grant permission to access that file.
            permissions.add(new FilePermission(file, "read"));
          }
      }
    else
      {
        // Grant permission to connect to and accept connections from host
        String host = url.getHost();
        if (host != null)
          permissions.add(new SocketPermission(host, "connect,accept"));
      }

    return permissions;
  }

  /**
   * Returns all the locations that this class loader currently uses the
   * resolve classes and resource. This includes both the initially supplied
   * URLs as any URLs added later by the loader.
   * @return All the currently used URLs
   */
  public URL[] getURLs()
  {
    return (URL[]) urls.toArray(new URL[urls.size()]);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new instance of a <code>URLClassLoader</code> that gets
   * classes from the supplied <code>URL</code>s. This class loader
   * will have as parent the standard system class loader.
   *
   * @param urls the initial URLs used to resolve classes and
   * resources
   *
   * @return the class loader
   *
   * @exception SecurityException when the calling code does not have
   * permission to access the given <code>URL</code>s
   */
  public static URLClassLoader newInstance(URL[] urls)
    throws SecurityException
  {
    return newInstance(urls, null);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new instance of a <code>URLClassLoader</code> that gets
   * classes from the supplied <code>URL</code>s and with the supplied
   * loader as parent class loader.
   *
   * @param urls the initial URLs used to resolve classes and
   * resources
   * @param parent the parent class loader
   *
   * @return the class loader
   *
   * @exception SecurityException when the calling code does not have
   * permission to access the given <code>URL</code>s
   */
  public static URLClassLoader newInstance(URL[] urls, final ClassLoader parent)
    throws SecurityException
  {
    SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
    if (sm == null)
      return new URLClassLoader(urls, parent);
    else
      {
        final Object securityContext = sm.getSecurityContext();

        // XXX - What to do with anything else then an AccessControlContext?
        if (! (securityContext instanceof AccessControlContext))
          throw new SecurityException("securityContext must be AccessControlContext: "
                                      + securityContext);

        URLClassLoader loader =
          AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<URLClassLoader>()
              {
                public URLClassLoader run()
                {
                  return new URLClassLoader(parent,
                                            (AccessControlContext) securityContext);
                }
              });
        loader.addURLs(urls);
        return loader;
      }
  }
}