libdvm/src/main/java/dalvik/system/VMStack.java

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package dalvik.system;

/**
 * Provides a limited interface to the Dalvik VM stack. This class is mostly
 * used for implementing security checks.
 *
 * @hide
 */
public final class VMStack {
    /**
     * Returns the defining class loader of the caller's caller.
     *
     * @return the requested class loader, or {@code null} if this is the
     *         bootstrap class loader.
     */
    native public static ClassLoader getCallingClassLoader();

    /**
     * Returns the class of the caller's caller's caller.
     *
     * @return the requested class, or {@code null}.
     */
    native public static Class<?> getStackClass2();

    /**
     * Creates an array of classes from the methods at the top of the stack.
     * We continue until we reach the bottom of the stack or exceed the
     * specified maximum depth.
     * <p>
     * The topmost stack frame (this method) and the one above that (the
     * caller) are excluded from the array.  Frames with java.lang.reflect
     * classes are skipped over.
     * <p>
     * The classes in the array are the defining classes of the methods.
     * <p>
     * This is similar to Harmony's VMStack.getClasses, except that this
     * implementation doesn't have a concept of "privileged" frames.
     *
     * @param maxDepth
     *      maximum number of classes to return, or -1 for all
     * @return an array with classes for the most-recent methods on the stack
     */
    native public static Class<?>[] getClasses(int maxDepth);

    /**
     * Returns the first ClassLoader on the call stack that isn't either of
     * the passed-in ClassLoaders.
     */
    public static ClassLoader getClosestUserClassLoader(ClassLoader bootstrap,
                                                        ClassLoader system) {
        Class<?>[] stackClasses = VMStack.getClasses(-1);
        for (Class<?> stackClass : stackClasses) {
            ClassLoader loader = stackClass.getClassLoader();
            if (loader != null && loader != bootstrap && loader != system) {
                return loader;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves the stack trace from the specified thread.
     *
     * @param t
     *      thread of interest
     * @return an array of stack trace elements, or null if the thread
     *      doesn't have a stack trace (e.g. because it exited)
     */
    native public static StackTraceElement[] getThreadStackTrace(Thread t);

    /**
     * Retrieves a partial stack trace from the specified thread into
     * the provided array.
     *
     * @param t
     *      thread of interest
     * @param stackTraceElements
     *      preallocated array for use when only the top of stack is
     *      desired. Unused elements will be filled with null values.
     * @return the number of elements filled
     */
    native public static int fillStackTraceElements(Thread t,
        StackTraceElement[] stackTraceElements);
}