public final Class FactoryEnumeration

Records the input list and uses it directly to satisfy hasMore()/next() requests. An alternative would have been to use an enumeration/iterator from the list, but we want to update the list so we keep the original list. The list initially contains Class objects. As each element is used, the Class object is replaced by an instance of the Class itself; eventually, the list contains only a list of factory instances and no more updates are required.

Both Class objects and factories are wrapped in weak references so as not to prevent GC of the class loader. Each weak reference is tagged with the factory's class name so the class can be reloaded if the reference is cleared.

Parameters

factories:List<NamedWeakReference<Object>>

A non-null list

loader:ClassLoader

The class loader of the list's contents This internal method is used with Thread Context Class Loader (TCCL), please don't expose this method as public.