protected List<String> getCandidateConfigurations(AnnotationMetadata metadata, AnnotationAttributes attributes) {
List<String> configurations = SpringFactoriesLoader.loadFactoryNames(this.getSpringFactoriesLoaderFactoryClass(), this.getBeanClassLoader());
Assert.notEmpty(configurations, "No auto configuration classes found in META-INF/spring.factories. If you are using a custom packaging, make sure that file is correct.");
return configurations;
}
我们最终发现它其实是实现了 ImportSelector 接口:
public interface ImportSelector {
String[] selectImports(AnnotationMetadata var1);
}
实现 ImportSelectors 接口的类通常与常规的 @Import 注解作用相同,它的 selectImports() 方法返回的数组(类的全类名)都会被纳入到 Spring 容器中。
到这里,自动化配置幕后英雄终于出现了,它就是 Spring 的 SpringFactoriesLoader 类,该类专门用于加载 classpath下所有 JAR 文件的 META-INF/spring.factories 文件,不妨看看它的源码:
public static <T> List<T> loadFactories(Class<T> factoryClass, ClassLoader classLoader) {
Assert.notNull(factoryClass, "'factoryClass' must not be null");
ClassLoader classLoaderToUse = classLoader;
if (classLoader == null) {
classLoaderToUse = SpringFactoriesLoader.class.getClassLoader();
}
List<String> factoryNames = loadFactoryNames(factoryClass, classLoaderToUse);
if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
logger.trace("Loaded [" + factoryClass.getName() + "] names: " + factoryNames);
}
List<T> result = new ArrayList(factoryNames.size());
Iterator var5 = factoryNames.iterator();
while(var5.hasNext()) {
String factoryName = (String)var5.next();
result.add(instantiateFactory(factoryName, factoryClass, classLoaderToUse));
}
AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.sort(result);
return result;
}
继续看instantiateFactory方法:
private static <T> T instantiateFactory(String instanceClassName, Class<T> factoryClass, ClassLoader classLoader) {
try {
Class<?> instanceClass = ClassUtils.forName(instanceClassName, classLoader);
if (!factoryClass.isAssignableFrom(instanceClass)) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Class [" + instanceClassName + "] is not assignable to [" + factoryClass.getName() + "]");
} else {
Constructor<?> constructor = instanceClass.getDeclaredConstructor();
ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(constructor);
return constructor.newInstance();
}
} catch (Throwable var5) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to instantiate factory class: " + factoryClass.getName(), var5);
}
}