Source code: java/net/URLClassLoader.java

   /* URLClassLoader.java --  ClassLoader that loads classes from one or more URLs
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  package java.net;
  
  import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
  import java.io.EOFException;
  import java.io.File;
  import java.io.FileInputStream;
  import java.io.FilePermission;
  import java.io.IOException;
  import java.io.InputStream;
  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.Enumeration;
  import java.util.HashMap;
  import java.util.Iterator;
  import java.util.StringTokenizer;
  import java.util.Vector;
  import java.util.jar.Attributes;
  import java.util.jar.JarEntry;
  import java.util.jar.JarFile;
  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 global cache to store mappings between URLLoader and URL,
    * so we can avoid do all the homework each time the same URL
    * comes.
    * XXX - Keeps these loaders forever which prevents garbage collection.
    */
   private static HashMap urlloaders = new HashMap();
 
   /**
    * A cache to store mappings between handler factory and its
    * private protocol handler cache (also a HashMap), so we can avoid
    * create handlers each time the same protocol comes.
    */
   private static HashMap factoryCache = new HashMap(5);
 
   // Instance variables
 
   /** Locations to load classes from */
   private final Vector urls = new Vector();
 
   /**
    * 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 urlinfos = new Vector();
 
   /** 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
 
   /**
    * A <code>URLLoader</code> contains all logic to load resources from a
    * given base <code>URL</code>.
    */
   abstract static class URLLoader
   {
     /**
      * Our classloader to get info from if needed.
      */
     final URLClassLoader classloader;
 
     /**
      * The base URL from which all resources are loaded.
      */
     final URL baseURL;
 
     /**
      * A <code>CodeSource</code> without any associated certificates.
      * It is common for classes to not have certificates associated
      * with them.  If they come from the same <code>URLLoader</code>
      * then it is safe to share the associated <code>CodeSource</code>
      * between them since <code>CodeSource</code> is immutable.
      */
     final CodeSource noCertCodeSource;
 
     URLLoader(URLClassLoader classloader, URL baseURL)
     {
       this(classloader, baseURL, baseURL);
     }
 
     URLLoader(URLClassLoader classloader, URL baseURL, URL overrideURL)
     {
       this.classloader = classloader;
       this.baseURL = baseURL;
       this.noCertCodeSource = new CodeSource(overrideURL, null);
     }
 
     /**
      * Returns a <code>Resource</code> loaded by this
      * <code>URLLoader</code>, or <code>null</code> when no
      * <code>Resource</code> with the given name exists.
      */
     abstract Resource getResource(String s);
 
     /**
      * Returns the <code>Manifest</code> associated with the
      * <code>Resource</code>s loaded by this <code>URLLoader</code> or
      * <code>null</code> there is no such <code>Manifest</code>.
      */
     Manifest getManifest()
     {
       return null;
     }
 
     Vector getClassPath()
     {
       return null;
     }
   }
 
   /**
    * A <code>Resource</code> represents a resource in some
    * <code>URLLoader</code>. It also contains all information (e.g.,
    * <code>URL</code>, <code>CodeSource</code>, <code>Manifest</code> and
    * <code>InputStream</code>) that is necessary for loading resources
    * and creating classes from a <code>URL</code>.
    */
   abstract static class Resource
   {
     final URLLoader loader;
     final String name;
 
     Resource(URLLoader loader, String name)
     {
       this.loader = loader;
       this.name = name;
     }
 
     /**
      * Returns the non-null <code>CodeSource</code> associated with
      * this resource.
      */
     CodeSource getCodeSource()
     {
       Certificate[] certs = getCertificates();
       if (certs == null)
         return loader.noCertCodeSource;
       else
         return new CodeSource(loader.baseURL, certs);
     }
 
     /**
      * Returns <code>Certificates</code> associated with this
      * resource, or null when there are none.
      */
     Certificate[] getCertificates()
     {
       return null;
     }
 
     /**
      * Return a <code>URL</code> that can be used to access this resource.
      */
     abstract URL getURL();
 
     /**
      * Returns the size of this <code>Resource</code> in bytes or
      * <code>-1</code> when unknown.
      */
     abstract int getLength();
 
     /**
      * Returns the non-null <code>InputStream</code> through which
      * this resource can be loaded.
      */
     abstract InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException;
   }
 
   /**
    * A <code>JarURLLoader</code> is a type of <code>URLLoader</code>
    * only loading from jar url.
    */
   static final class JarURLLoader extends URLLoader
   {
     final JarFile jarfile; // The jar file for this url
     final URL baseJarURL; // Base jar: url for all resources loaded from jar
 
     Vector classPath;  // The "Class-Path" attribute of this Jar's manifest
 
     public JarURLLoader(URLClassLoader classloader, URL baseURL)
     {
       super(classloader, baseURL);
 
       // Cache url prefix for all resources in this jar url.
       String external = baseURL.toExternalForm();
       StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(external.length() + 6);
       sb.append("jar:");
       sb.append(external);
       sb.append("!/");
       String jarURL = sb.toString();
 
       this.classPath = null;
       URL baseJarURL = null;
       JarFile jarfile = null;
       try
   {
     baseJarURL =
       new URL(null, jarURL, classloader.getURLStreamHandler("jar"));
     
     jarfile =
       ((JarURLConnection) baseJarURL.openConnection()).getJarFile();
     
     Manifest manifest;
     Attributes attributes;
     String classPathString;
 
     if ((manifest = jarfile.getManifest()) != null
         && (attributes = manifest.getMainAttributes()) != null
         && ((classPathString 
        = attributes.getValue(Attributes.Name.CLASS_PATH)) 
       != null))
       {
         this.classPath = new Vector();
         
         StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(classPathString, " ");
         while (st.hasMoreElements ()) 
     {  
       String e = st.nextToken ();
       try
         {
           URL url = new URL(baseURL, e);
           this.classPath.add(url);
         } 
       catch (java.net.MalformedURLException xx)
         {
           // Give up
         }
     }
       }
   }
       catch (IOException ioe)
         {
     /* ignored */
         }
 
       this.baseJarURL = baseJarURL;
       this.jarfile = jarfile;
     }
 
     /** get resource with the name "name" in the jar url */
     Resource getResource(String name)
     {
       if (jarfile == null)
         return null;
 
       if (name.startsWith("/"))
         name = name.substring(1);
 
       JarEntry je = jarfile.getJarEntry(name);
       if (je != null)
         return new JarURLResource(this, name, je);
       else
         return null;
     }
 
     Manifest getManifest()
     {
       try
         {
           return (jarfile == null) ? null : jarfile.getManifest();
         }
       catch (IOException ioe)
         {
           return null;
         }
     }
 
     Vector getClassPath()
     {
       return classPath;
     }
   }
 
   static final class JarURLResource extends Resource
   {
     private final JarEntry entry;
 
     JarURLResource(JarURLLoader loader, String name, JarEntry entry)
     {
       super(loader, name);
       this.entry = entry;
     }
 
     InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException
     {
       return ((JarURLLoader) loader).jarfile.getInputStream(entry);
     }
 
     int getLength()
     {
       return (int) entry.getSize();
     }
 
     Certificate[] getCertificates()
     {
       // We have to get the entry from the jar file again, because the
       // certificates will not be available until the entire entry has
       // been read.
       return ((JarEntry) ((JarURLLoader) loader).jarfile.getEntry(name))
         .getCertificates();
     }
 
     URL getURL()
     {
       try
         {
           return new URL(((JarURLLoader) loader).baseJarURL, name,
                          loader.classloader.getURLStreamHandler("jar"));
         }
       catch (MalformedURLException e)
         {
           InternalError ie = new InternalError();
           ie.initCause(e);
           throw ie;
         }
     }
   }
 
   /**
    * Loader for remote directories.
    */
   static final class RemoteURLLoader extends URLLoader
   {
     private final String protocol;
 
     RemoteURLLoader(URLClassLoader classloader, URL url)
     {
       super(classloader, url);
       protocol = url.getProtocol();
     }
 
     /**
      * Get a remote resource.
      * Returns null if no such resource exists.
      */
     Resource getResource(String name)
     {
       try
         {
           URL url =
             new URL(baseURL, name, classloader.getURLStreamHandler(protocol));
           URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
 
           // Open the connection and check the stream
           // just to be sure it exists.
           int length = connection.getContentLength();
           InputStream stream = connection.getInputStream();
 
           // We can do some extra checking if it is a http request
           if (connection instanceof HttpURLConnection)
             {
               int response =
                 ((HttpURLConnection) connection).getResponseCode();
               if (response / 100 != 2)
                 return null;
             }
 
           if (stream != null)
             return new RemoteResource(this, name, url, stream, length);
           else
             return null;
         }
       catch (IOException ioe)
         {
           return null;
         }
     }
   }
 
   /**
    * A resource from some remote location.
    */
   static final class RemoteResource extends Resource
   {
     private final URL url;
     private final InputStream stream;
     private final int length;
 
     RemoteResource(RemoteURLLoader loader, String name, URL url,
                    InputStream stream, int length)
     {
       super(loader, name);
       this.url = url;
       this.stream = stream;
       this.length = length;
     }
 
     InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException
     {
       return stream;
     }
 
     public int getLength()
     {
       return length;
     }
 
     public URL getURL()
     {
       return url;
     }
   }
 
   /**
    * A <code>FileURLLoader</code> is a type of <code>URLLoader</code>
    * only loading from file url.
    */
   static final class FileURLLoader extends URLLoader
   {
     File dir; //the file for this file url
 
     FileURLLoader(URLClassLoader classloader, URL url)
     {
       super(classloader, url);
       dir = new File(baseURL.getFile());
     }
 
     /** get resource with the name "name" in the file url */
     Resource getResource(String name)
     {
       File file = new File(dir, name);
       if (file.exists() && !file.isDirectory())
         return new FileResource(this, name, file);
       return null;
     }
   }
 
   static final class FileResource extends Resource
   {
     final File file;
 
     FileResource(FileURLLoader loader, String name, File file)
     {
       super(loader, name);
       this.file = file;
     }
 
     InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException
     {
       return new FileInputStream(file);
     }
 
     public int getLength()
     {
       return (int) file.length();
     }
 
     public URL getURL()
     {
       try
         {
           return new URL(loader.baseURL, name,
                          loader.classloader.getURLStreamHandler("file"));
         }
       catch (MalformedURLException e)
         {
           InternalError ie = new InternalError();
           ie.initCause(e);
           throw ie;
         }
     }
   }
 
   // Constructors
 
   /**
    * 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;
     addURLs(urls);
 
     // If this factory is still not in factoryCache, add it,
     //   since we only support three protocols so far, 5 is enough
     //   for cache initial size
     synchronized (factoryCache)
       {
         if (factory != null && factoryCache.get(factory) == null)
           factoryCache.put(factory, new HashMap(5));
       }
   }
 
   // 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 (urlloaders)
       {
         if (newUrl == null)
           return; // Silently ignore...
 
   // Reset the toString() value.
   thisString = null;
 
         // Check global cache to see if there're already url loader
         // for this url.
         URLLoader loader = (URLLoader) urlloaders.get(newUrl);
         if (loader == null)
           {
             String file = newUrl.getFile();
             String protocol = newUrl.getProtocol();
 
             // Check that it is not a directory
             if (! (file.endsWith("/") || file.endsWith(File.separator)))
               loader = new JarURLLoader(this, newUrl);
             else if ("file".equals(protocol))
               loader = new FileURLLoader(this, newUrl);
             else
               loader = new RemoteURLLoader(this, newUrl);
 
             // Cache it.
             urlloaders.put(newUrl, loader);
           }
 
   urlinfos.add(loader);
 
   Vector extraUrls = loader.getClassPath();
   if (extraUrls != null)
     {
       Iterator it = extraUrls.iterator();
       while (it.hasNext())
         {
     URL url = (URL)it.next();
     URLLoader extraLoader = (URLLoader) urlloaders.get(url);
     if (! urlinfos.contains (extraLoader))
       addURLImpl(url);
         }
     }
 
       }
   }
 
   /**
    * Adds an array of new locations to the end of the internal URL store.
    * @param newUrls the locations to add
    */
   private void addURLs(URL[] newUrls)
   {
     for (int i = 0; i < newUrls.length; i++)
       addURL(newUrls[i]);
   }
 
   /**
    * Defines a Package based on the given name and the supplied manifest
    * information. The manifest indicates the tile, version and
    * vendor information of the specification and implementation and wheter 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
    * @exception IllegalArgumentException If this package name already exists
    * in this class loader
    * @return the defined Package
    */
   protected Package definePackage(String name, Manifest manifest, URL url)
     throws IllegalArgumentException
   {
     Attributes attr = manifest.getMainAttributes();
     String specTitle = attr.getValue(Attributes.Name.SPECIFICATION_TITLE);
     String specVersion = attr.getValue(Attributes.Name.SPECIFICATION_VERSION);
     String specVendor = attr.getValue(Attributes.Name.SPECIFICATION_VENDOR);
     String implTitle = attr.getValue(Attributes.Name.IMPLEMENTATION_TITLE);
     String implVersion = attr.getValue(Attributes.Name.IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION);
     String implVendor = attr.getValue(Attributes.Name.IMPLEMENTATION_VENDOR);
 
     // 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, specVersion, specVendor, implTitle,
                          implVersion, implVendor, 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";
     Resource resource = findURLResource(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.loader.getManifest();
             if (manifest == null)
               definePackage(packageName, null, null, null, null, null, null,
                             null);
             else
               definePackage(packageName, manifest, resource.loader.baseURL);
           }
 
         // And finally construct the class!
         SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
         Class result = null;
         if (sm != null && securityContext != null)
           {
             result = (Class)AccessController.doPrivileged
               (new PrivilegedAction()
                 {
                   public Object 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)
       {
   ClassNotFoundException cnfe;
   cnfe = new ClassNotFoundException(className + " not found in " + this);
   cnfe.initCause(ioe);
   throw cnfe;
       }
   }
   
   // 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 (urlloaders)
       {
   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;
   }
 
   /**
    * If the URLStreamHandlerFactory has been set this return the appropriate
    * URLStreamHandler for the given protocol, if not set returns null.
    *
    * @param protocol the protocol for which we need a URLStreamHandler
    * @return the appropriate URLStreamHandler or null
    */
   URLStreamHandler getURLStreamHandler(String protocol)
  {
    if (factory == null)
      return null;

    URLStreamHandler handler;
    synchronized (factoryCache)
      {
        // Check if there're handler for the same protocol in cache.
        HashMap cache = (HashMap) factoryCache.get(factory);
        handler = (URLStreamHandler) cache.get(protocol);
        if (handler == null)
          {
            // Add it to cache.
            handler = factory.createURLStreamHandler(protocol);
            cache.put(protocol, handler);
          }
      }
    return handler;
  }

  /**
   * 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 findResources(String resourceName)
    throws IOException
  {
    Vector resources = new Vector();
    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 =
          (URLClassLoader) AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction()
              {
                public Object run()
                {
                  return new URLClassLoader(parent,
                                            (AccessControlContext) securityContext);
                }
              });
        loader.addURLs(urls);
        return loader;
      }
  }
}