Java 虚拟机是如何加载Java类的?

类加载的过程

类的加载过程从类字节流通过虚拟机的类加载器加载到内存供虚拟机使用，到垃圾收集器回收，其生命周期可分为加载、链接、初始化、使用、卸载。其中链接可分为验证、解析、准备，如下：

加载

加载是虚拟机查找字节流的过程。

public Launcher() {
    Launcher.ExtClassLoader var1;
    try {
        var1 = Launcher.ExtClassLoader.getExtClassLoader();
    } catch (IOException var10) {
        throw new InternalError("Could not create extension class loader", var10);
    }

    try {
        this.loader = Launcher.AppClassLoader.getAppClassLoader(var1);
    } catch (IOException var9) {
        throw new InternalError("Could not create application class loader", var9);
    }

    Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(this.loader);
    String var2 = System.getProperty("java.security.manager");
    if (var2 != null) {
        SecurityManager var3 = null;
        if (!"".equals(var2) && !"default".equals(var2)) {
            try {
                var3 = (SecurityManager)this.loader.loadClass(var2).newInstance();
            } catch (IllegalAccessException var5) {
            } catch (InstantiationException var6) {
            } catch (ClassNotFoundException var7) {
            } catch (ClassCastException var8) {
            }
        } else {
            var3 = new SecurityManager();
        }

        if (var3 == null) {
            throw new InternalError("Could not create SecurityManager: " + var2);
        }

        System.setSecurityManager(var3);
    }

}

 

protected Class<?> loadClass(String name, boolean resolve)
    throws ClassNotFoundException
{
    synchronized (getClassLoadingLock(name)) {
        // First, check if the class has already been loaded
        Class<?> c = findLoadedClass(name);
        if (c == null) {
            long t0 = System.nanoTime();
            try {
                if (parent != null) {
                    c = parent.loadClass(name, false);
                } else {
                    c = findBootstrapClassOrNull(name);
                }
            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                // ClassNotFoundException thrown if class not found
                // from the non-null parent class loader
            }

            if (c == null) {
                // If still not found, then invoke findClass in order
                // to find the class.
                long t1 = System.nanoTime();
                c = findClass(name);

                // this is the defining class loader; record the stats
                sun.misc.PerfCounter.getParentDelegationTime().addTime(t1 - t0);
                sun.misc.PerfCounter.getFindClassTime().addElapsedTimeFrom(t1);
                sun.misc.PerfCounter.getFindClasses().increment();
            }
        }
        if (resolve) {
            resolveClass(c);
        }
        return c;
    }
}

链接

初始化