Package org.springframework.boot.loader.launch

Class Launcher

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.boot.loader.launch.Launcher

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExecutableArchiveLauncher, PropertiesLauncher

public abstract class Launcher
extends Object

Base class for launchers that can start an application with a fully configured classpath.

Since:

3.2.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Launcher()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected ClassLoader	createClassLoader(Collection<URL> urls)	Create a classloader for the specified archives.
protected abstract Archive	getArchive()	Return the archive being launched or null if there is no archive.
protected abstract Set<URL>	getClassPathUrls()	Returns the archives that will be used to construct the class path.
protected abstract String	getMainClass()	Returns the main class that should be launched.
protected boolean	isExploded()	Returns if the launcher is running in an exploded mode.
protected void	launch(ClassLoader classLoader, String mainClassName, String[] args)	Launch the application given the archive file and a fully configured classloader.
protected void	launch(String[] args)	Launch the application.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Launcher

public Launcher()

Method Details

launch

protected void launch(String[] args)
               throws Exception

Launch the application. This method is the initial entry point that should be called by a subclass public static void main(String[] args) method.

Parameters:

args - the incoming arguments

Throws:

Exception - if the application fails to launch

createClassLoader

protected ClassLoader createClassLoader(Collection<URL> urls)
                                 throws Exception

Create a classloader for the specified archives.

Parameters:

urls - the classpath URLs

Returns:

the classloader

Throws:

Exception - if the classloader cannot be created

launch

protected void launch(ClassLoader classLoader,
 String mainClassName,
 String[] args)
               throws Exception

Launch the application given the archive file and a fully configured classloader.

Parameters:

classLoader - the classloader

mainClassName - the main class to run

args - the incoming arguments

Throws:

Exception - if the launch fails

isExploded

protected boolean isExploded()

Returns if the launcher is running in an exploded mode. If this method returns true then only regular JARs are supported and the additional URL and ClassLoader support infrastructure can be optimized.

Returns:

if the jar is exploded.

getArchive

protected abstract Archive getArchive()

Return the archive being launched or null if there is no archive.

Returns:

the launched archive

getMainClass

protected abstract String getMainClass()
                                throws Exception

Returns the main class that should be launched.

Returns:

the name of the main class

Throws:

Exception - if the main class cannot be obtained

getClassPathUrls

protected abstract Set<URL> getClassPathUrls()
                                      throws Exception

Returns the archives that will be used to construct the class path.

Returns:

the class path archives

Throws:

Exception - if the class path archives cannot be obtained