Interface ClassloaderExecutor

  • All Known Implementing Classes:
    AbstractClassloaderExecutor, SingleClassloaderExecutor

    public interface ClassloaderExecutor
    A ClassLoaderExecutor can run any code in any classloader. E.g. assume you have a classloader called myClassloader and you want to execute a (void) method called myMethod in myObject using this CL:
         SingleClassloaderExecutor cle = new SingleClassloaderExecutor(myClassloader);
         cle.execute(new Runnable() {
              public void run() {
                 myObject.myMethod();
              }
         });
     
    What happens is that the entire object graph of myObject is deep-cloned into the myClassloader classloader and then the myObject.myMethod() is executed.

    You can also execute methods that return something:

         SingleClassloaderExecutor cle = new SingleClassloaderExecutor(myClassloader);
         MyResult result = cle.execute(new Callable() {
              public MyResult call() throws Exception {
                 return myObject.myMethod();
              }
         });
     
    Here we imagine that myObject.myMethod() returns an object of type MyResult. Again the entire state will be deep-cloned to myClassloader and then the myObject.myMethod() is executed. The result of the method call is deep-cloned back into the original classloader (the one that made the call to cle.execute(..)) and is ready for use.

    Note that the SingleClassloaderExecutor requires a deep cloner implementing the DeepClonerSPI present in the class-path.

    • Method Detail

      • execute

        <T> T execute​(java.util.concurrent.Callable<T> callable)
      • execute

        void execute​(java.lang.Runnable runnable)