背景
继上文,那么你可能跟我开始一样,tomcat的类加载与我们的java有什么区别?是一样的还是有哪些区别?其次tomcat项目怎么隔离?其三tomat如何打破双亲委派机制?
相关基础
java类如何加载的?
这个问题建议阅读我以往的文章,有这个基础会更好了解如下。文章:

以前画的图,比较丑,别介意哈~
打破双亲委派机制
那么如何打破双亲委派机制,可以参考另一个文章:如何打破双亲委派机制?

看到这里你很明显清楚的知道tomcat其实就基于jdk的类加载机制进行重写Classloader,然后通过classloader进行重写findClass实现的。
tomcat为什么要打破双亲委派机制?
项目之间互相隔离:不同的项目,相同的路径起到互相隔离,方便多部署项目,保证项目之间互不影响(由于一个tomcat可能需要部署多套系统需要);
共享java类库:不同的项目之间可以共享java的类库,不需要重装安装;
支持热部署:新项目加载或部署不会影响正在运行的项目;
tomcat打破双亲委派机制的实现源码

代码位置:org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase#loadClass(java.lang.String, boolean)
- @Override
- public Class> loadClass(String name, boolean resolve) throws ClassNotFoundException {
- //同步锁 这里是调用ClassLoader的方法获取
- synchronized (getClassLoadingLock(name)) {
- if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
- log.debug("loadClass(" + name + ", " + resolve + ")");
- }
- Class> clazz = null;
-
- // Log access to stopped class loader 检查当前的classloader是事已经停止,没有就跑出异常
- checkStateForClassLoading(name);
-
- // (0) Check our previously loaded local class cache
- // 本地检查缓存中是否存在加载过了。这是指的是webappcloassloader
- clazz = findLoadedClass0(name);
- if (clazz != null) {
- if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
- log.debug(" Returning class from cache");
- }
- if (resolve) {
- resolveClass(clazz);
- }
- return clazz;
- }
-
- // (0.1) Check our previously loaded class cache
- //从系统类加载器里面判断是否加载过了,如果是则进行返回 SystemClassLoader
- clazz = findLoadedClass(name);
- if (clazz != null) {
- if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
- log.debug(" Returning class from cache");
- }
- //如果为直,调用classloader本地方法进行加载类;
- if (resolve) {
- resolveClass(clazz);
- }
- return clazz;
- }
-
- // (0.2) Try loading the class with the bootstrap class loader, to prevent
- // the webapp from overriding Java SE classes. This implements
- // SRV.10.7.2
- //用于防止系统的类覆盖到jdk默认的lib
- String resourceName = binaryNameToPath(name, false);
- //通过ExtClassloader 查看是否被加载过了
- ClassLoader javaseLoader = getJavaseClassLoader();
- boolean tryLoadingFromJavaseLoader;
- try {
- // Use getResource as it won't trigger an expensive
- // ClassNotFoundException if the resource is not available from
- // the Java SE class loader. However (see
- // https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58125 for
- // details) when running under a security manager in rare cases
- // this call may trigger a ClassCircularityError.
- // See https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61424 for
- // details of how this may trigger a StackOverflowError
- // Given these reported errors, catch Throwable to ensure any
- // other edge cases are also caught
- URL url;
- if (securityManager != null) {
- PrivilegedAction
dp = new PrivilegedJavaseGetResource(resourceName); - url = AccessController.doPrivileged(dp);
- } else {
- url = javaseLoader.getResource(resourceName);
- }
- tryLoadingFromJavaseLoader = (url != null);
- } catch (Throwable t) {
- // Swallow all exceptions apart from those that must be re-thrown
- ExceptionUtils.handleThrowable(t);
- // The getResource() trick won't work for this class. We have to
- // try loading it directly and accept that we might get a
- // ClassNotFoundException.
- tryLoadingFromJavaseLoader = true;
- }
- //默认返回是成功,因为检查一般是通过,不通过会抛出异常
- if (tryLoadingFromJavaseLoader) {
- try {
- //通过Classloader进行加载
- clazz = javaseLoader.loadClass(name);
- //不为空,进行解析并加载到缓存中后返回
- if (clazz != null) {
- if (resolve) {
- resolveClass(clazz);
- }
- return clazz;
- }
- } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
- // Ignore
- }
- }
-
- // (0.5) Permission to access this class when using a SecurityManager
- //安全检查 主要指包路劲
- if (securityManager != null) {
- int i = name.lastIndexOf('.');
- if (i >= 0) {
- try {
- securityManager.checkPackageAccess(name.substring(0,i));
- } catch (SecurityException se) {
- String error = sm.getString("webappClassLoader.restrictedPackage", name);
- log.info(error, se);
- throw new ClassNotFoundException(error, se);
- }
- }
- }
- //判断是否使用委托方式(父类加载)
- boolean delegateLoad = delegate || filter(name, true);
-
- // (1) Delegate to our parent if requested
- //delegateLoad用于判断是否委托加载
- if (delegateLoad) {
- if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
- log.debug(" Delegating to parent classloader1 " + parent);
- }
- try {
- //通过父类加载
- clazz = Class.forName(name, false, parent);
- if (clazz != null) {
- if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
- log.debug(" Loading class from parent");
- }
- if (resolve) {
- resolveClass(clazz);
- }
- return clazz;
- }
- } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
- // Ignore
- }
- }
-
- // (2) Search local repositories
- if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
- log.debug(" Searching local repositories");
- }
- try {
- //这里是核心的重写方法,因为这个是重写了classloader进行实现的。(webapp)
- clazz = findClass(name);
- if (clazz != null) {
- if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
- log.debug(" Loading class from local repository");
- }
- if (resolve) {
- resolveClass(clazz);
- }
- return clazz;
- }
- } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
- // Ignore
- }
-
- // (3) Delegate to parent unconditionally
- //不是委托加载,通过父类进行加载
- if (!delegateLoad) {
- if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
- log.debug(" Delegating to parent classloader at end: " + parent);
- }
- try {
- //通过父类加载
- clazz = Class.forName(name, false, parent);
- if (clazz != null) {
- if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
- log.debug(" Loading class from parent");
- }
- if (resolve) {
- resolveClass(clazz);
- }
- return clazz;
- }
- } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
- // Ignore
- }
- }
- }
- //都打不到抛出找不到类异常
- throw new ClassNotFoundException(name);
- }
最后
通过了解java的类加载机制再来学习tomcat的类加载机制,特别是阅读过源码后你会发现非常简单,只是针对Classloader进行重新,根据自已的需求进行判断路劲是通过双亲委派机制进行加载,还是通过自定类加载器进行加载,所以这块建议学习的同学通过源码来学习会快很多,当然在学习之前特别建议把相关的基础一定要扎实。
参考文章:
https://www.jianshu.com/p/9b2d43c9a09a
https://blog.51cto.com/tiantianzaixian/5621528
视频:https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1o34y197fz?p=8&vd_source=7d0e42b081e08cb3cefaea55cc1fa8b7