private TemplateModel getInternal(String key) throws TemplateModelException, ClassNotFoundException { { TemplateModel model = (TemplateModel) cache.get(key); if (model != null) return model; } final ClassIntrospector classIntrospector; int classIntrospectorClearingCounter; final Object sharedLock = wrapper.getSharedIntrospectionLock(); synchronized (sharedLock) { TemplateModel model = (TemplateModel) cache.get(key); if (model != null) return model; while (model == null && classIntrospectionsInProgress.contains(key)) { // Another thread is already introspecting this class; // waiting for its result. try { sharedLock.wait(); model = (TemplateModel) cache.get(key); } catch (InterruptedException e) { throw new RuntimeException("Class inrospection data lookup aborded: " + e); } } if (model != null) return model; // This will be the thread that introspects this class. classIntrospectionsInProgress.add(key); // While the classIntrospector should not be changed from another thread, badly written apps // can do that, // and it's cheap to get the classIntrospector from inside the lock here: classIntrospector = wrapper.getClassIntrospector(); classIntrospectorClearingCounter = classIntrospector.getClearingCounter(); } try { final Class clazz = ClassUtil.forName(key); // This is called so that we trigger the // class-reloading detector. If clazz is a reloaded class, // the wrapper will in turn call our clearCache method. // TODO: Why do we check it now and only now? classIntrospector.get(clazz); TemplateModel model = createModel(clazz); // Warning: model will be null if the class is not good for the subclass. // For example, EnumModels#createModel returns null if clazz is not an enum. if (model != null) { synchronized (sharedLock) { // Save it into the cache, but only if nothing relevant has changed while we were outside // the lock: if (classIntrospector == wrapper.getClassIntrospector() && classIntrospectorClearingCounter == classIntrospector.getClearingCounter()) { cache.put(key, model); } } } return model; } finally { synchronized (sharedLock) { classIntrospectionsInProgress.remove(key); sharedLock.notifyAll(); } } }