/*
    GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
    Copyright (C) 2006 The Lobo Project

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Lesser General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA

    Contact info: lobochief@users.sourceforge.net
*/
/*
 * Created on Jun 19, 2005
 */
package org.lobobrowser.util;

import java.util.*;
/**
 * @author J. H. S.
 */
public abstract class MultiplexClassLoader extends BaseClassLoader {
	private static final BaseClassLoader[] EMPTY_CLASS_LOADERS = new BaseClassLoader[0];
	private final BaseClassLoader[] parentLoaders;
	/**
	 * @param parent
	 */
	public MultiplexClassLoader(Collection classLoaders) {
		super(null);
		this.parentLoaders = (BaseClassLoader[]) classLoaders.toArray(EMPTY_CLASS_LOADERS);
	}
	
	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see java.lang.ClassLoader#loadClass(java.lang.String, boolean)
	 */
	public synchronized Class loadClass(String name, boolean resolve)
			throws ClassNotFoundException {
		// First, check if the class has already been loaded
		Class c = findLoadedClass(name);
		if (c == null) {
		    try {
		    	int len = this.parentLoaders.length;
		    	if(len == 0) {
		    		c = findSystemClass(name);
		    	}
		    	else {
		    		for(int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
		    			BaseClassLoader parent = this.parentLoaders[i];
		    			try {
		    				c = parent.loadClass(name, false);
		    				if(c != null) {
		    					return c;
		    				}
		    			} catch(ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
		    				// ignore
		    			}
		    		}
		    	}
		    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
		        // If still not found, then invoke findClass in order
		        // to find the class.
		        c = findClass(name);
		    }
	    	if(c == null) {
	    		c = findClass(name);
	    	}
		}
		if (resolve) {
		    resolveClass(c);
		}
		return c;
	}
}