/**
* Returns the class loader which was used to load the class represented by this {@code Class}.
* Implementations are free to return {@code null} for classes that were loaded by the bootstrap
* class loader. The Android reference implementation, though, returns a reference to an actual
* representation of the bootstrap class loader.
*
* @return the class loader for the represented class.
* @see ClassLoader
*/
public ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
if (this.isPrimitive()) {
return null;
}
ClassLoader loader = getClassLoaderImpl();
if (loader == null) {
loader = BootClassLoader.getInstance();
}
return loader;
}
/**
* This must be provided by the VM vendor, as it is used by other provided class implementations
* in this package. Outside of this class, it is used by SecurityManager.classLoaderDepth(),
* currentClassLoader() and currentLoadedClass(). Return the ClassLoader for this Class without
* doing any security checks. The bootstrap ClassLoader is returned, unlike getClassLoader() which
* returns null in place of the bootstrap ClassLoader.
*
* @return the ClassLoader
*/
ClassLoader getClassLoaderImpl() {
ClassLoader loader = getClassLoader(this);
return loader == null ? BootClassLoader.getInstance() : loader;
}
