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Posted to commits@tamaya.apache.org by po...@apache.org on 2016/10/14 18:42:36 UTC

[3/3] incubator-tamaya-sandbox git commit: TAMAYA-174: Move classloader stuff to its subfolder.

TAMAYA-174: Move classloader stuff to its subfolder.

* The project does not build yet, but does not belong into the root folder of the repo.


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/commit/c2d2c093
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/tree/c2d2c093
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/diff/c2d2c093

Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: c2d2c09302ec5ac9d37e73cd9f2f37563780123a
Parents: 2fdbcc8
Author: Phil Ottlinger <po...@apache.org>
Authored: Fri Oct 14 20:40:46 2016 +0200
Committer: Phil Ottlinger <po...@apache.org>
Committed: Fri Oct 14 20:41:41 2016 +0200

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 pom.xml                                         |  74 -----
 .../AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader.java     | 268 ----------------
 .../clsupport/CLAwareConfigurationContext.java  | 105 -------
 .../tamaya/clsupport/CLAwareServiceContext.java | 248 ---------------
 .../tamaya/clsupport/ServiceContainer.java      | 306 -------------------
 .../apache/tamaya/clsupport/package-info.java   |  22 --
 .../org.apache.tamaya.spi.ServiceContext        |  19 --
 ...he.tamaya.environment.spi.ContextProviderSpi |  23 --
 ...org.apache.tamaya.environment.spi.ContextSpi |  19 --
 tamaya-classloader-support/pom.xml              |  73 +++++
 .../AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader.java     | 268 ++++++++++++++++
 .../clsupport/CLAwareConfigurationContext.java  | 105 +++++++
 .../tamaya/clsupport/CLAwareServiceContext.java | 248 +++++++++++++++
 .../tamaya/clsupport/ServiceContainer.java      | 306 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../apache/tamaya/clsupport/package-info.java   |  22 ++
 .../org.apache.tamaya.spi.ServiceContext        |  19 ++
 ...he.tamaya.environment.spi.ContextProviderSpi |  23 ++
 ...org.apache.tamaya.environment.spi.ContextSpi |  19 ++
 tamaya-classloader-support/target/.plxarc       |   1 +
 .../target/checkstyle-result.xml                |   0
 .../target/classes/META-INF/DEPENDENCIES        |  19 ++
 .../target/classes/META-INF/LICENSE             | 202 ++++++++++++
 .../target/classes/META-INF/NOTICE              |   8 +
 .../org.apache.tamaya.spi.ServiceContext        |  19 ++
 .../AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader.class    | Bin 0 -> 5277 bytes
 .../CLAwareConfigurationContext$1.class         | Bin 0 -> 285 bytes
 ...areConfigurationContext$ContextManager.class | Bin 0 -> 1741 bytes
 .../clsupport/CLAwareConfigurationContext.class | Bin 0 -> 3312 bytes
 .../clsupport/CLAwareServiceContext.class       | Bin 0 -> 7127 bytes
 .../tamaya/clsupport/ServiceContainer.class     | Bin 0 -> 12391 bytes
 .../target/feature/feature.xml                  |  11 +
 .../target/findbugs-exclude.xml                 | 136 +++++++++
 .../target/findbugsXml.xml                      |   2 +
 .../META-INF/DEPENDENCIES                       |  19 ++
 .../META-INF/LICENSE                            | 202 ++++++++++++
 .../META-INF/NOTICE                             |   8 +
 .../compile/default-compile/createdFiles.lst    |   6 +
 .../compile/default-compile/inputFiles.lst      |   5 +
 tamaya-classloader-support/target/rat.txt       |  35 +++
 39 files changed, 1756 insertions(+), 1084 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/blob/c2d2c093/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index adea1d3..0000000
--- a/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-distributed with this work for additional information
-regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-with the License.  You may obtain a copy current the License at
-
-   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-specific language governing permissions and limitations
-under the License.
--->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.apache.tamaya.ext</groupId>
-        <artifactId>tamaya-extensions</artifactId>
-        <version>0.3-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
-    </parent>
-
-    <artifactId>tamaya-classloader-support</artifactId>
-    <name>Apache Tamaya Modules - Classloader Support</name>
-    <description>Apache Tamaya Classloader Support registers a ConfigurationContext that leverages
-    classloader hierarchies. Also visibility of features and components is aligned with the
-    corresponding hierarchy of classloaders.</description>
-    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-
-    <properties>
-        <jdkVersion>1.7</jdkVersion>
-    </properties>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.tamaya</groupId>
-            <artifactId>tamaya-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.tamaya.ext</groupId>
-            <artifactId>tamaya-spisupport</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <extensions>true</extensions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <instructions>
-                        <Export-Package>
-                            org.apache.tamaya.clsupport
-                        </Export-Package>
-                    </instructions>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
-</project>

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/blob/c2d2c093/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/clsupport/AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/clsupport/AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/clsupport/AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 0145d1f..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/clsupport/AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,268 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.tamaya.clsupport;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-
-
-/**
- * <p>This class implements an abstract base class, which basically provides a loading mechanism that supports
- * loading and managing resources along the classloader hierarchies individually. It ensures resources are loaded
- * and stored related to the each target classloader within the hierarchy individually. Additionally it enables
- * mechanisms to ensure an item T is not loaded multiple times, when traversing up the classloader hierarchy.</p>
- *
- * <p>Finally classloaders are not stored by reference by this class, to ensure they still can be garbage collected.
- * Instead this class uses the fully qualified class name of the loader and the corresponsing hashCode as returned
- * by {@link Objects#hashCode(Object)}.</p>
- *
- * @param <T> the managed item type.
- */
-public abstract class AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader<T> {
-    /**
-     * The logger used.
-     */
-    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader.class.getName());
-    /**
-     * The items managed, related to their classloader.
-     */
-    private final Map<String, T> items = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new instance, using the current Thread context classloader, or - if null - the classloader that
-     * loaded this class for initially initializing the loader instance.
-     */
-    public AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader() {
-        this(getDefaultClassLoader());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new instance, using the class loader given for initializing the resources loaded.
-     *
-     * @param classLoader the target top level classloader, not null.
-     */
-    public AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader(ClassLoader classLoader) {
-        loadItems(classLoader);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Loads the items for the given classloader and all its parent classloaders. This method will not update
-     * the items already found for any class loader involved.
-     *
-     * @param classLoader the target top level classloader, not null.
-     */
-    public void loadItems(ClassLoader classLoader) {
-        loadItems(classLoader, false);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Loads the items for the given classloader and all its parent classloaders.
-     *
-     * @param classLoader the target top level classloader, not null.
-     * @param update      if set to true, resources not visible on former runs are added during this load.
-     */
-    public void loadItems(ClassLoader classLoader, boolean update) {
-        this.items.clear();
-        List<ClassLoader> cls = new ArrayList<>();
-        cls.add(classLoader);
-        ClassLoader cl = classLoader.getParent();
-        while (cl != null) {
-            cls.add(cl);
-            cl = cl.getParent();
-        }
-        // Start with the parent classloader and then go up...
-        for (int i = cls.size() - 1; i <= 0; i--) {
-            ClassLoader curCL = cls.get(i);
-            String clKey = getClassLoaderID(curCL);
-            T itemFound = items.get(clKey);
-            try {
-                if (itemFound != null) {
-                    updateItem(itemFound, curCL);
-                } else {
-                    items.put(clKey, createItem(curCL));
-                }
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                LOG.log(Level.SEVERE,
-                        "Error loading from classloader: " + curCL, e);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new item for being stored linked with the given lassloader.
-     *
-     * @param classLoader the classloader, not null.
-     * @return the new item loaded.
-     */
-    protected abstract T createItem(ClassLoader classLoader);
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new item for being stored linked with the given lassloader.
-     *
-     * @param currentItemSet the current found ItemContainer instance to be updated.
-     * @param classLoader    the classloader, not null.
-     */
-    protected abstract void updateItem(T currentItemSet, ClassLoader classLoader);
-
-    /**
-     * Evaluates a String key for identfying a classloader instance, based on the loader class and its hashCode.
-     * This prevents the storage of classloader references as keys and therefore enables classloaders not used anymore
-     * to be garbage collected.
-     *
-     * @param classLoader {@link ClassLoader} to be identified, must not be {@code null}.
-     * @return the unique key for the given classloader
-     */
-    public static String getClassLoaderID(ClassLoader classLoader) {
-        return classLoader.getClass().getName() + Objects.hash(classLoader);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Evaluates a String key for identfying a classloader instance, based on the loader class and its hashCode.
-     * This prevents the storage of classloader references as keys and therefore enables classloaders not used anymore
-     * to be garbage collected.
-     *
-     * @return the unique key for the current default classloader as returned by #getDefaultClassLoader.
-     */
-    public static String getClassLoaderID() {
-        return getClassLoaderID(getDefaultClassLoader());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get all items valid for the current thread context class loader, or - if null - the classloader that loaded
-     * this class.
-     *
-     * @return the items found, never null.
-     */
-    public Set<T> getItems() {
-        return getItems(getDefaultClassLoader());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get all items found for the given classloader and all its parent classloaders.
-     *
-     * @param classLoader the target top level classloader, not null.
-     * @return the items found, never null.
-     */
-    public Set<T> getItems(ClassLoader classLoader) {
-        Set<T> result = new HashSet<>();
-        ClassLoader cl = classLoader;
-        while (cl != null) {
-            T item = getItemNoParent(cl, true);
-            result.add(item);
-            cl = cl.getParent();
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get all items valid for the parent class loader of the current thread context class loader, or - if null - the
-     * parent of the classloader that loaded this class. This allows
-     * to build a delta list of instances only visible on the target classloader given.
-     *
-     * @return the items found, never null.
-     */
-    public Set<T> getParentItems() {
-        return getParentItems(getDefaultClassLoader());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get all items found for the parent of the given classloader and all its parent classloaders. This allows
-     * to build a delta list of instances only visible on the target classloader given.
-     *
-     * @param classLoader the target top level classloader, not null.
-     * @return the items found, never null.
-     */
-    public Set<T> getParentItems(ClassLoader classLoader) {
-        Set<T> result = new HashSet<>();
-        ClassLoader cl = classLoader.getParent();
-        while (cl != null) {
-            T item = getItemNoParent(cl, true);
-            result.add(item);
-            cl = cl.getParent();
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Return the item assigned to the current thread context class loader or - if null - the class that loaded
-     * this class. If not yet loaded this method will NOT trigger a load.
-     *
-     * @return the item attached, or null.
-     */
-    public T getItemNoParent() {
-        return getItemNoParent(getDefaultClassLoader(), false);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Return the item assigned to the current thread context class loader or - if null - the class that loaded
-     * this class.
-     *
-     * @param loadIfMissing Flag that allows to define if this method will trigger an item load, when no item is loaded
-     *                      for the current class loader.
-     * @return the item attached, or null.
-     */
-    public T getItemNoParent(boolean loadIfMissing) {
-        return getItemNoParent(getDefaultClassLoader(), loadIfMissing);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Return the item assigned to the current thread context class loader or - if null - the class that loaded
-     * this class.
-     *
-     * @param classLoader   the target top level classloader, not null.
-     * @param loadIfMissing Flag that allows to define if this method will trigger an item load, when no item is loaded
-     *                      for the current class loader.
-     * @return the item attached, or null. If {@code loadIfMissing} is set to true, the result is normally not to be
-     * expected to be null.
-     */
-    public T getItemNoParent(ClassLoader classLoader, boolean loadIfMissing) {
-        String clKey = getClassLoaderID(classLoader);
-        T item = items.get(clKey);
-        if (item == null) {
-            if (loadIfMissing) {
-                item = createItem(classLoader);
-                this.items.put(clKey, item);
-            }
-        }
-        return item;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Utility method that either returns the current thread context classloader or
-     * - if not available - the classloader that loaded this class.
-     * @return the default classloader to be used, if no explicit classloader has been passed.
-     */
-    public static ClassLoader getDefaultClassLoader() {
-        ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
-        if (cl == null) {
-            cl = AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader.class.getClassLoader();
-        }
-        return cl;
-    }
-
-
-}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/blob/c2d2c093/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/clsupport/CLAwareConfigurationContext.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/clsupport/CLAwareConfigurationContext.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/clsupport/CLAwareConfigurationContext.java
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--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/clsupport/CLAwareConfigurationContext.java
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-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.tamaya.clsupport;
-
-import org.apache.tamaya.TypeLiteral;
-import org.apache.tamaya.spisupport.DefaultConfigurationContext;
-import org.apache.tamaya.spi.ConfigurationContext;
-import org.apache.tamaya.spi.ConfigurationContextBuilder;
-import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertyConverter;
-import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertyFilter;
-import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertySource;
-import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertyValueCombinationPolicy;
-
-import javax.annotation.Priority;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-
-/**
- * Default Implementation of a simple ConfigurationContext.
- */
-@Priority(100)
-public class CLAwareConfigurationContext implements ConfigurationContext {
-
-    /** The logger used. */
-    private final static Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(CLAwareConfigurationContext.class.getName());
-
-    private final ContextManager contextManager = new ContextManager();
-
-
-    @Override
-    public void addPropertySources(PropertySource... propertySourcesToAdd) {
-        contextManager.getItemNoParent(true).addPropertySources(propertySourcesToAdd);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public List<PropertySource> getPropertySources() {
-        return contextManager.getItemNoParent(true).getPropertySources();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public <T> void addPropertyConverter(TypeLiteral<T> typeToConvert, PropertyConverter<T> propertyConverter) {
-        contextManager.getItemNoParent(true).addPropertyConverter(typeToConvert, propertyConverter);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Map<TypeLiteral<?>, List<PropertyConverter<?>>> getPropertyConverters() {
-        return contextManager.getItemNoParent(true).getPropertyConverters();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public <T> List<PropertyConverter<T>> getPropertyConverters(TypeLiteral<T> targetType) {
-        return contextManager.getItemNoParent(true).getPropertyConverters(targetType);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public List<PropertyFilter> getPropertyFilters() {
-        return contextManager.getItemNoParent(true).getPropertyFilters();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public PropertyValueCombinationPolicy getPropertyValueCombinationPolicy(){
-        return contextManager.getItemNoParent(true).getPropertyValueCombinationPolicy();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public ConfigurationContextBuilder toBuilder() {
-        return contextManager.getItemNoParent(true).toBuilder();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Subcomponent managing {@link ConfigurationContext} instances, one per classloader.
-     */
-    private static final class ContextManager extends AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader<ConfigurationContext>{
-
-        @Override
-        protected ConfigurationContext createItem(ClassLoader classLoader) {
-            // Simply create a complete configuration manager for every classloader. Maybe we will optimize this at a
-            // later stage in the project but as for now it is the most simple working solution.
-            return new DefaultConfigurationContext();
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        protected void updateItem(ConfigurationContext currentItemSet, ClassLoader classLoader) {
-            // ignore, currently not supported.
-        }
-    }
-}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/blob/c2d2c093/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/clsupport/CLAwareServiceContext.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/clsupport/CLAwareServiceContext.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/clsupport/CLAwareServiceContext.java
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-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.tamaya.clsupport;
-
-import org.apache.tamaya.ConfigException;
-import org.apache.tamaya.spi.ServiceContext;
-
-import javax.annotation.Priority;
-import java.text.MessageFormat;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-
-
-/**
- * <p>This class implements a {@link ServiceContext}, which basically provides a similar loading mechanism as used
- * by the {@link java.util.ServiceLoader}. Whereas the {@link java.util.ServiceLoader} only loads configurations
- * and instances from one classloader, this loader manages configs found and the related instances for each
- * classloader along the classloader hierarchies individually. It ensures instances are loaded on the classloader
- * level, where they first are visible. Additionally it ensures the same configuration resource (and its
- * declared services) are loaded multiple times, when going up the classloader hierarchy.</p>
- *
- * <p>Finally classloaders are not stored by reference by this class, to ensure they still can be garbage collected.
- * Refer also the inherited parent class for further details.</p>
- *
- * <p>This class uses an ordinal of {@code 10}, so it overrides any default {@link ServiceContext} implementations
- * provided with the Tamaya core modules.</p>
- */
-@Priority(10)
-public class CLAwareServiceContext extends AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader<ServiceContainer>
-        implements ServiceContext{
-
-    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(CLAwareServiceContext.class.getName());
-
-    /**
-     * Default location for service loader files.
-     */
-    private static final String PREFIX = "META-INF/services/";
-
-    /**
-     * Constructor, using the current default classloader as defined by
-     * {@link AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader#getDefaultClassLoader()}.
-     */
-    public CLAwareServiceContext(){
-        super();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Constructor, using the given classloader.
-     * @param classLoader the target classloader for initializing of services, not null.
-     */
-    public CLAwareServiceContext(ClassLoader classLoader) {
-        super(classLoader);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Implementation that creates a {@link ServiceContainer}, which manages all configs and instances loaded
-     * for a given classloader.
-     * @param classLoader the classloader, not null.
-     * @return a new empty, {@link ServiceContainer} instance.
-     */
-    @Override
-    protected ServiceContainer createItem(ClassLoader classLoader) {
-        if(LOG.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
-            LOG.info("Loading services for classloader: " + classLoader);
-        }
-        return new ServiceContainer(classLoader);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void updateItem(ServiceContainer currentContainer, ClassLoader classLoader) {
-        // nothing to be done here, since we dont have a specific target type.
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int ordinal() {
-        return 10;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * This method tries to evaluate the current singleton from the {@link ServiceContainer} attached to the
-     * current classloader. If not found the singleton instance is evaluated based on the priorities
-     * assigned for all known providers. The resulting instance is then cached and always returned as
-     * singleton instance fomr this loader, when the same current classloader instance is active.
-     * @param serviceType the service type.
-     * @param <T> the type
-     * @return the item found, or null.
-     */
-    @Override
-    public <T> T getService(Class<T> serviceType) {
-        return getService(serviceType, getDefaultClassLoader());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Evaluates the current singleton instance using the given classloader context.
-     * @param serviceType the service type.
-     * @param classLoader the classloader, not null.
-     * @param <T> the type
-     * @return the item found, or null.
-     */
-    public <T> T getService(Class<T> serviceType, ClassLoader classLoader) {
-        if(LOG.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
-            LOG.info("Evaluating services for classloader: " + classLoader);
-        }
-        ServiceContainer container = getItemNoParent(classLoader, true);
-        T singleton = container.getSingleton(serviceType);
-        if(singleton!=null){
-            if(LOG.isLoggable(Level.FINEST)) {
-                LOG.finest("Evaluated singleton of type " + serviceType.getName() + " to " + singleton);
-            }
-            return singleton;
-        }
-        Collection<? extends T> services = getServices(serviceType, classLoader);
-        if (services.isEmpty()) {
-            singleton = null;
-        } else {
-            singleton = getServiceWithHighestPriority(services, serviceType);
-        }
-        if(singleton!=null) {
-            container.setSingleton(serviceType, singleton);
-        }
-        if(LOG.isLoggable(Level.FINEST)) {
-            LOG.finest("Evaluated singleton of type " + serviceType.getName() + " to " + singleton);
-        }
-        return singleton;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the services visible.
-     * @param serviceType
-     *            the service type.
-     * @param <T> the type param
-     * @return the services visible for the current classloader.
-     */
-    @Override
-    public <T> List<T> getServices(Class<T> serviceType) {
-        return getServices(serviceType, AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader.getDefaultClassLoader());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the services visible.
-     * @param serviceType the service type.
-     * @param classLoader the classloader
-     * @param <T> the type param
-     * @return the services visible for the current classloader.
-     */
-    public <T> List<T> getServices(Class<T> serviceType, ClassLoader classLoader) {
-        List<T> services = new ArrayList<>();
-        ClassLoader cl = classLoader;
-        List<ServiceContainer> containers = new ArrayList<>();
-        while(cl!=null) {
-            ServiceContainer container = getItemNoParent(cl, true);
-            containers.add(container);
-            cl = cl.getParent();
-        }
-        List<ServiceContainer> prevContainers = new ArrayList<>();
-        Collections.reverse(containers);
-        for(ServiceContainer container: containers) {
-            if (!container.isTypeLoaded(serviceType)) {
-                container.loadServices(serviceType, prevContainers);
-            }
-            services.addAll(container.getServices(serviceType));
-            prevContainers.add(container);
-        }
-        if(LOG.isLoggable(Level.FINEST)) {
-            LOG.finest("Evaluated services of type " + serviceType.getName() + " to " + services);
-        }
-        return services;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param services to scan
-     * @param <T>      type of the service
-     *
-     * @return the service with the highest {@link javax.annotation.Priority#value()}
-     *
-     * @throws ConfigException if there are multiple service implementations with the maximum priority
-     */
-    private <T> T getServiceWithHighestPriority(Collection<? extends T> services, Class<T> serviceType) {
-
-        // we do not need the priority stuff if the list contains only one element
-        if (services.size() == 1) {
-            return services.iterator().next();
-        }
-
-        Integer highestPriority = null;
-        int highestPriorityServiceCount = 0;
-        T highestService = null;
-
-        for (T service : services) {
-            int prio = getPriority(service);
-            if (highestPriority == null || highestPriority < prio) {
-                highestService = service;
-                highestPriorityServiceCount = 1;
-                highestPriority = prio;
-            } else if (highestPriority == prio) {
-                highestPriorityServiceCount++;
-            }
-        }
-        if (highestPriorityServiceCount > 1) {
-            throw new ConfigException(MessageFormat.format("Found {0} implementations for Service {1} with Priority {2}: {3}",
-                    highestPriorityServiceCount,
-                    serviceType.getName(),
-                    highestPriority,
-                    services));
-        }
-        return highestService;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks the given instance for a @Priority annotation. If present the annotation's value s evaluated. If no such
-     * annotation is present, a default priority is returned (1);
-     * @param o the instance, not null.
-     * @return a priority, by default 1.
-     */
-    public static int getPriority(Object o){
-        int prio = 0;
-        Priority priority = o.getClass().getAnnotation(Priority.class);
-        if (priority != null) {
-            prio = priority.value();
-        }
-        if(LOG.isLoggable(Level.FINEST)) {
-            LOG.finest("Evaluated priority for " + o.getClass().getName() + " to " + prio);
-        }
-        return prio;
-    }
-
-}

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-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.tamaya.clsupport;
-
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.security.AccessControlContext;
-import java.security.AccessController;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Enumeration;
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.ServiceConfigurationError;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-
-/**
- * Classloader managed ServiceContainer.
- */
-class ServiceContainer {
-
-    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(ServiceContainer.class.getName());
-
-    private static final String PREFIX = "META-INF/services/";
-
-    // The access control context taken when the ServiceLoader is created
-    private final AccessControlContext acc;
-
-    private final WeakReference<ClassLoader> classLoaderRef;
-
-    /**
-     * List current services loaded using this classloader, per class.
-     */
-    private final Map<Class<?>, Map<String, Object>> servicesLoaded = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-    /**
-     * The cached singletons for the given classloader.
-     */
-    private final Map<Class, Object> singletons = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-
-    /**
-     * List current services loaded using this classloader, per class.
-     */
-    private final Map<Class, List<URL>> configsLoaded = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-
-    ServiceContainer(ClassLoader classLoader) {
-        acc = (System.getSecurityManager() != null) ? AccessController.getContext() : null;
-        this.classLoaderRef = new WeakReference<>(classLoader);
-    }
-
-    public ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
-        ClassLoader cl = classLoaderRef.get();
-        if (cl == null) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("Classloader reference removed, not active anynire.");
-        }
-        return cl;
-    }
-
-
-    public <T> void loadServices(Class<?> type,
-                                 Collection<ServiceContainer> preceedingContainers) {
-        Map<String, Object> services = this.servicesLoaded.get(type);
-        if (services == null) {
-            services = new LinkedHashMap<>();
-            this.servicesLoaded.put(type, services);
-        }
-        loop:
-        for (URL config : getConfigs(type)) {
-            for (ServiceContainer cont : preceedingContainers) {
-                if (cont.getConfigs(type).contains(config)) {
-                    LOG.finer("Ignoring already loaded config: " + config);
-                    continue loop;
-                }
-            }
-            Collection<String> serviceNames = parse(type, config);
-            for (String s : serviceNames) {
-                for (ServiceContainer cont : preceedingContainers) {
-                    if (cont.containsService(type, s)) {
-                        LOG.finest("Ignoring duplicate service: " + s);
-                    }
-                }
-                LOG.info("Loading component: " + s);
-                services.put(s, create(type, s));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private Collection<URL> getConfigs(Class<?> type) {
-        List<URL> result = this.configsLoaded.get(type);
-        if (result == null) {
-            ClassLoader cl = this.classLoaderRef.get();
-            if (cl == null) {
-                throw new IllegalStateException("CLassLoader dereferenced already.");
-            }
-            result = new ArrayList<>();
-            try {
-                Enumeration<URL> resources = cl.getResources(PREFIX + type.getName());
-                while (resources.hasMoreElements()) {
-                    result.add(resources.nextElement());
-                }
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                LOG.log(Level.WARNING, "Failed to read service config for " + type.getName() + " from " + cl, e);
-            }
-            this.configsLoaded.put(type, result);
-            LOG.log(Level.FINE, "Found service config for " + type.getName() + ": " + result);
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    private boolean containsService(Class<?> type, String serviceClassName) {
-        Map<String, Object> services = servicesLoaded.get(type);
-        return services != null && services.containsKey(serviceClassName);
-    }
-
-
-    private <S> S create(Class<S> serviceType, String className) {
-        Class<?> c = null;
-        ClassLoader classLoader = getClassLoader();
-        try {
-            c = Class.forName(className, false, classLoader);
-        } catch (ClassNotFoundException x) {
-            fail(serviceType,
-                    "Provider " + className + " not found");
-        }
-        if (!serviceType.isAssignableFrom(c)) {
-            fail(serviceType,
-                    "Provider " + className + " not a subtype");
-        }
-        try {
-            return serviceType.cast(c.newInstance());
-        } catch (Throwable x) {
-            fail(serviceType,
-                    "Provider " + className + " could not be instantiated",
-                    x);
-        }
-        throw new Error();          // This cannot happen
-    }
-
-    public <T> Collection<T> getServices(Class<T> serviceType) {
-        Map<String, Object> services = this.servicesLoaded.get(serviceType);
-        if (services != null) {
-            return (Collection<T>) services.values();
-        }
-        return Collections.emptySet();
-    }
-
-    public boolean isTypeLoaded(Class<?> serviceType) {
-        return this.servicesLoaded.containsKey(serviceType);
-    }
-
-    public Collection<URL> load(Class<?> serviceType) {
-        return load(serviceType, Collection.class.cast(Collections.emptySet()));
-    }
-
-    public Collection<URL> load(Class<?> serviceType, Collection<URL> configsLoaded) {
-        List<URL> result = new ArrayList<>();
-        try {
-            Enumeration<URL> resources = getClassLoader().getResources(PREFIX + serviceType.getName());
-            while (resources.hasMoreElements()) {
-                URL res = resources.nextElement();
-                if (!configsLoaded.contains(res)) {
-                    result.add(res);
-                }
-            }
-            return result;
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            fail(serviceType, "Failed to load service config: " + PREFIX + serviceType.getName(), e);
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
-
-    // Parse a single line from the given configuration file, adding the name
-    // on the line to the names list.
-    //
-    private int parseLine(Class<?> serviceType, URL u, BufferedReader r, int lc,
-                          List<String> names)
-            throws IOException, ServiceConfigurationError {
-        String ln = r.readLine();
-        if (ln == null) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-        int ci = ln.indexOf('#');
-        if (ci >= 0) {
-            ln = ln.substring(0, ci);
-        }
-        ln = ln.trim();
-        int n = ln.length();
-        if (n != 0) {
-            if ((ln.indexOf(' ') >= 0) || (ln.indexOf('\t') >= 0)) {
-                fail(serviceType, u, lc, "Illegal configuration-file syntax");
-            }
-            int cp = ln.codePointAt(0);
-            if (!Character.isJavaIdentifierStart(cp)) {
-                fail(serviceType, u, lc, "Illegal provider-class name: " + ln);
-            }
-            for (int i = Character.charCount(cp); i < n; i += Character.charCount(cp)) {
-                cp = ln.codePointAt(i);
-                if (!Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(cp) && (cp != '.')) {
-                    fail(serviceType, u, lc, "Illegal provider-class name: " + ln);
-                }
-            }
-            Map<String, Object> services = this.servicesLoaded.get(serviceType);
-            if (services == null || !services.containsKey(ln) && !names.contains(ln)) {
-                names.add(ln);
-            }
-        }
-        return lc + 1;
-    }
-
-
-    // Parse the content of the given URL as a provider-configuration file.
-    //
-    // @param  service
-    //         The service type for which providers are being sought;
-    //         used to construct error detail strings
-    //
-    // @param  u
-    //         The URL naming the configuration file to be parsed
-    //
-    // @return A (possibly empty) iterator that will yield the provider-class
-    //         names in the given configuration file that are not yet members
-    //         of the returned set
-    //
-    // @throws ServiceConfigurationError
-    //         If an I/O error occurs while reading from the given URL, or
-    //         if a configuration-file format error is detected
-    //
-    private Collection<String> parse(Class<?> service, URL u)
-            throws ServiceConfigurationError {
-        InputStream in = null;
-        BufferedReader r = null;
-        ArrayList<String> names = new ArrayList<>();
-        try {
-            in = u.openStream();
-            r = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in, "utf-8"));
-            int lc = 1;
-            while ((lc = parseLine(service, u, r, lc, names)) >= 0) {
-                // go ahead
-            }
-        } catch (IOException x) {
-            fail(service, "Error reading configuration file", x);
-        } finally {
-            try {
-                if (r != null) {
-                    r.close();
-                }
-                if (in != null) {
-                    in.close();
-                }
-            } catch (IOException y) {
-                fail(service, "Error closing configuration file", y);
-            }
-        }
-        return names;
-    }
-
-
-    private static void fail(Class<?> service, String msg, Throwable cause)
-            throws ServiceConfigurationError {
-        LOG.log(Level.SEVERE, "Failed to load: " + service.getName() + ": " + msg, cause);
-    }
-
-    private static void fail(Class<?> service, String msg)
-            throws ServiceConfigurationError {
-        LOG.log(Level.SEVERE, "Failed to load: " + service.getName() + ": " + msg);
-    }
-
-    private static void fail(Class<?> service, URL u, int line, String msg)
-            throws ServiceConfigurationError {
-        fail(service, u + ":" + line + ": " + msg);
-    }
-
-    public <T> T getSingleton(Class<T> serviceType) {
-        return (T) this.singletons.get(serviceType);
-    }
-
-    <T> void setSingleton(Class<T> type, T instance) {
-        LOG.info("Caching singleton for " + type.getName() + " and classloader: " +
-                getClassLoader().toString() + ": " + instance);
-        this.singletons.put(type, instance);
-    }
-}

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-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-/**
- * Programmatic API of the classloader support.
- */
-package org.apache.tamaya.clsupport;
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-#
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy current the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-#
-org.apache.tamaya.clsupport.CLAwareServiceContext

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-#
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy current the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-#
-org.apache.tamaya.environment.internal.ClassLoaderDependentAppEnvironmentProvider
-org.apache.tamaya.environment.internal.ClassLoaderDependentEarEnvironmentProvider
-org.apache.tamaya.environment.internal.InitialEnvironmentProviderSpi
-org.apache.tamaya.environment.internal.SystemClassLoaderEnvironmentProviderSpi
-org.apache.tamaya.metamodel.environment.TestEnvironmentProvider
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-#
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy current the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-#
-org.apache.tamaya.environment.internal.SingleEnvironmentManager

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+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy current the License at
+
+   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.apache.tamaya.ext</groupId>
+        <artifactId>tamaya-extensions</artifactId>
+        <version>0.3-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>tamaya-classloader-support</artifactId>
+    <name>Apache Tamaya Modules - Classloader Support</name>
+    <description>Apache Tamaya Classloader Support registers a ConfigurationContext that leverages
+    classloader hierarchies. Also visibility of features and components is aligned with the
+    corresponding hierarchy of classloaders.</description>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <properties>
+        <jdkVersion>1.7</jdkVersion>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.tamaya</groupId>
+            <artifactId>tamaya-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.tamaya.ext</groupId>
+            <artifactId>tamaya-spisupport</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <instructions>
+                        <Export-Package>
+                            org.apache.tamaya.clsupport
+                        </Export-Package>
+                    </instructions>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.tamaya.clsupport;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+
+/**
+ * <p>This class implements an abstract base class, which basically provides a loading mechanism that supports
+ * loading and managing resources along the classloader hierarchies individually. It ensures resources are loaded
+ * and stored related to the each target classloader within the hierarchy individually. Additionally it enables
+ * mechanisms to ensure an item T is not loaded multiple times, when traversing up the classloader hierarchy.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>Finally classloaders are not stored by reference by this class, to ensure they still can be garbage collected.
+ * Instead this class uses the fully qualified class name of the loader and the corresponsing hashCode as returned
+ * by {@link Objects#hashCode(Object)}.</p>
+ *
+ * @param <T> the managed item type.
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader<T> {
+    /**
+     * The logger used.
+     */
+    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader.class.getName());
+    /**
+     * The items managed, related to their classloader.
+     */
+    private final Map<String, T> items = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance, using the current Thread context classloader, or - if null - the classloader that
+     * loaded this class for initially initializing the loader instance.
+     */
+    public AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader() {
+        this(getDefaultClassLoader());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance, using the class loader given for initializing the resources loaded.
+     *
+     * @param classLoader the target top level classloader, not null.
+     */
+    public AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader(ClassLoader classLoader) {
+        loadItems(classLoader);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Loads the items for the given classloader and all its parent classloaders. This method will not update
+     * the items already found for any class loader involved.
+     *
+     * @param classLoader the target top level classloader, not null.
+     */
+    public void loadItems(ClassLoader classLoader) {
+        loadItems(classLoader, false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Loads the items for the given classloader and all its parent classloaders.
+     *
+     * @param classLoader the target top level classloader, not null.
+     * @param update      if set to true, resources not visible on former runs are added during this load.
+     */
+    public void loadItems(ClassLoader classLoader, boolean update) {
+        this.items.clear();
+        List<ClassLoader> cls = new ArrayList<>();
+        cls.add(classLoader);
+        ClassLoader cl = classLoader.getParent();
+        while (cl != null) {
+            cls.add(cl);
+            cl = cl.getParent();
+        }
+        // Start with the parent classloader and then go up...
+        for (int i = cls.size() - 1; i <= 0; i--) {
+            ClassLoader curCL = cls.get(i);
+            String clKey = getClassLoaderID(curCL);
+            T itemFound = items.get(clKey);
+            try {
+                if (itemFound != null) {
+                    updateItem(itemFound, curCL);
+                } else {
+                    items.put(clKey, createItem(curCL));
+                }
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                LOG.log(Level.SEVERE,
+                        "Error loading from classloader: " + curCL, e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new item for being stored linked with the given lassloader.
+     *
+     * @param classLoader the classloader, not null.
+     * @return the new item loaded.
+     */
+    protected abstract T createItem(ClassLoader classLoader);
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new item for being stored linked with the given lassloader.
+     *
+     * @param currentItemSet the current found ItemContainer instance to be updated.
+     * @param classLoader    the classloader, not null.
+     */
+    protected abstract void updateItem(T currentItemSet, ClassLoader classLoader);
+
+    /**
+     * Evaluates a String key for identfying a classloader instance, based on the loader class and its hashCode.
+     * This prevents the storage of classloader references as keys and therefore enables classloaders not used anymore
+     * to be garbage collected.
+     *
+     * @param classLoader {@link ClassLoader} to be identified, must not be {@code null}.
+     * @return the unique key for the given classloader
+     */
+    public static String getClassLoaderID(ClassLoader classLoader) {
+        return classLoader.getClass().getName() + Objects.hash(classLoader);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Evaluates a String key for identfying a classloader instance, based on the loader class and its hashCode.
+     * This prevents the storage of classloader references as keys and therefore enables classloaders not used anymore
+     * to be garbage collected.
+     *
+     * @return the unique key for the current default classloader as returned by #getDefaultClassLoader.
+     */
+    public static String getClassLoaderID() {
+        return getClassLoaderID(getDefaultClassLoader());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get all items valid for the current thread context class loader, or - if null - the classloader that loaded
+     * this class.
+     *
+     * @return the items found, never null.
+     */
+    public Set<T> getItems() {
+        return getItems(getDefaultClassLoader());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get all items found for the given classloader and all its parent classloaders.
+     *
+     * @param classLoader the target top level classloader, not null.
+     * @return the items found, never null.
+     */
+    public Set<T> getItems(ClassLoader classLoader) {
+        Set<T> result = new HashSet<>();
+        ClassLoader cl = classLoader;
+        while (cl != null) {
+            T item = getItemNoParent(cl, true);
+            result.add(item);
+            cl = cl.getParent();
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get all items valid for the parent class loader of the current thread context class loader, or - if null - the
+     * parent of the classloader that loaded this class. This allows
+     * to build a delta list of instances only visible on the target classloader given.
+     *
+     * @return the items found, never null.
+     */
+    public Set<T> getParentItems() {
+        return getParentItems(getDefaultClassLoader());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get all items found for the parent of the given classloader and all its parent classloaders. This allows
+     * to build a delta list of instances only visible on the target classloader given.
+     *
+     * @param classLoader the target top level classloader, not null.
+     * @return the items found, never null.
+     */
+    public Set<T> getParentItems(ClassLoader classLoader) {
+        Set<T> result = new HashSet<>();
+        ClassLoader cl = classLoader.getParent();
+        while (cl != null) {
+            T item = getItemNoParent(cl, true);
+            result.add(item);
+            cl = cl.getParent();
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the item assigned to the current thread context class loader or - if null - the class that loaded
+     * this class. If not yet loaded this method will NOT trigger a load.
+     *
+     * @return the item attached, or null.
+     */
+    public T getItemNoParent() {
+        return getItemNoParent(getDefaultClassLoader(), false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the item assigned to the current thread context class loader or - if null - the class that loaded
+     * this class.
+     *
+     * @param loadIfMissing Flag that allows to define if this method will trigger an item load, when no item is loaded
+     *                      for the current class loader.
+     * @return the item attached, or null.
+     */
+    public T getItemNoParent(boolean loadIfMissing) {
+        return getItemNoParent(getDefaultClassLoader(), loadIfMissing);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the item assigned to the current thread context class loader or - if null - the class that loaded
+     * this class.
+     *
+     * @param classLoader   the target top level classloader, not null.
+     * @param loadIfMissing Flag that allows to define if this method will trigger an item load, when no item is loaded
+     *                      for the current class loader.
+     * @return the item attached, or null. If {@code loadIfMissing} is set to true, the result is normally not to be
+     * expected to be null.
+     */
+    public T getItemNoParent(ClassLoader classLoader, boolean loadIfMissing) {
+        String clKey = getClassLoaderID(classLoader);
+        T item = items.get(clKey);
+        if (item == null) {
+            if (loadIfMissing) {
+                item = createItem(classLoader);
+                this.items.put(clKey, item);
+            }
+        }
+        return item;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Utility method that either returns the current thread context classloader or
+     * - if not available - the classloader that loaded this class.
+     * @return the default classloader to be used, if no explicit classloader has been passed.
+     */
+    public static ClassLoader getDefaultClassLoader() {
+        ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+        if (cl == null) {
+            cl = AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader.class.getClassLoader();
+        }
+        return cl;
+    }
+
+
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.tamaya.clsupport;
+
+import org.apache.tamaya.TypeLiteral;
+import org.apache.tamaya.spisupport.DefaultConfigurationContext;
+import org.apache.tamaya.spi.ConfigurationContext;
+import org.apache.tamaya.spi.ConfigurationContextBuilder;
+import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertyConverter;
+import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertyFilter;
+import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertySource;
+import org.apache.tamaya.spi.PropertyValueCombinationPolicy;
+
+import javax.annotation.Priority;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * Default Implementation of a simple ConfigurationContext.
+ */
+@Priority(100)
+public class CLAwareConfigurationContext implements ConfigurationContext {
+
+    /** The logger used. */
+    private final static Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(CLAwareConfigurationContext.class.getName());
+
+    private final ContextManager contextManager = new ContextManager();
+
+
+    @Override
+    public void addPropertySources(PropertySource... propertySourcesToAdd) {
+        contextManager.getItemNoParent(true).addPropertySources(propertySourcesToAdd);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<PropertySource> getPropertySources() {
+        return contextManager.getItemNoParent(true).getPropertySources();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <T> void addPropertyConverter(TypeLiteral<T> typeToConvert, PropertyConverter<T> propertyConverter) {
+        contextManager.getItemNoParent(true).addPropertyConverter(typeToConvert, propertyConverter);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<TypeLiteral<?>, List<PropertyConverter<?>>> getPropertyConverters() {
+        return contextManager.getItemNoParent(true).getPropertyConverters();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <T> List<PropertyConverter<T>> getPropertyConverters(TypeLiteral<T> targetType) {
+        return contextManager.getItemNoParent(true).getPropertyConverters(targetType);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<PropertyFilter> getPropertyFilters() {
+        return contextManager.getItemNoParent(true).getPropertyFilters();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public PropertyValueCombinationPolicy getPropertyValueCombinationPolicy(){
+        return contextManager.getItemNoParent(true).getPropertyValueCombinationPolicy();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ConfigurationContextBuilder toBuilder() {
+        return contextManager.getItemNoParent(true).toBuilder();
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Subcomponent managing {@link ConfigurationContext} instances, one per classloader.
+     */
+    private static final class ContextManager extends AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader<ConfigurationContext>{
+
+        @Override
+        protected ConfigurationContext createItem(ClassLoader classLoader) {
+            // Simply create a complete configuration manager for every classloader. Maybe we will optimize this at a
+            // later stage in the project but as for now it is the most simple working solution.
+            return new DefaultConfigurationContext();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void updateItem(ConfigurationContext currentItemSet, ClassLoader classLoader) {
+            // ignore, currently not supported.
+        }
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.tamaya.clsupport;
+
+import org.apache.tamaya.ConfigException;
+import org.apache.tamaya.spi.ServiceContext;
+
+import javax.annotation.Priority;
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+
+/**
+ * <p>This class implements a {@link ServiceContext}, which basically provides a similar loading mechanism as used
+ * by the {@link java.util.ServiceLoader}. Whereas the {@link java.util.ServiceLoader} only loads configurations
+ * and instances from one classloader, this loader manages configs found and the related instances for each
+ * classloader along the classloader hierarchies individually. It ensures instances are loaded on the classloader
+ * level, where they first are visible. Additionally it ensures the same configuration resource (and its
+ * declared services) are loaded multiple times, when going up the classloader hierarchy.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>Finally classloaders are not stored by reference by this class, to ensure they still can be garbage collected.
+ * Refer also the inherited parent class for further details.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>This class uses an ordinal of {@code 10}, so it overrides any default {@link ServiceContext} implementations
+ * provided with the Tamaya core modules.</p>
+ */
+@Priority(10)
+public class CLAwareServiceContext extends AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader<ServiceContainer>
+        implements ServiceContext{
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(CLAwareServiceContext.class.getName());
+
+    /**
+     * Default location for service loader files.
+     */
+    private static final String PREFIX = "META-INF/services/";
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor, using the current default classloader as defined by
+     * {@link AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader#getDefaultClassLoader()}.
+     */
+    public CLAwareServiceContext(){
+        super();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor, using the given classloader.
+     * @param classLoader the target classloader for initializing of services, not null.
+     */
+    public CLAwareServiceContext(ClassLoader classLoader) {
+        super(classLoader);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Implementation that creates a {@link ServiceContainer}, which manages all configs and instances loaded
+     * for a given classloader.
+     * @param classLoader the classloader, not null.
+     * @return a new empty, {@link ServiceContainer} instance.
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected ServiceContainer createItem(ClassLoader classLoader) {
+        if(LOG.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+            LOG.info("Loading services for classloader: " + classLoader);
+        }
+        return new ServiceContainer(classLoader);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void updateItem(ServiceContainer currentContainer, ClassLoader classLoader) {
+        // nothing to be done here, since we dont have a specific target type.
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int ordinal() {
+        return 10;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method tries to evaluate the current singleton from the {@link ServiceContainer} attached to the
+     * current classloader. If not found the singleton instance is evaluated based on the priorities
+     * assigned for all known providers. The resulting instance is then cached and always returned as
+     * singleton instance fomr this loader, when the same current classloader instance is active.
+     * @param serviceType the service type.
+     * @param <T> the type
+     * @return the item found, or null.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public <T> T getService(Class<T> serviceType) {
+        return getService(serviceType, getDefaultClassLoader());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Evaluates the current singleton instance using the given classloader context.
+     * @param serviceType the service type.
+     * @param classLoader the classloader, not null.
+     * @param <T> the type
+     * @return the item found, or null.
+     */
+    public <T> T getService(Class<T> serviceType, ClassLoader classLoader) {
+        if(LOG.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+            LOG.info("Evaluating services for classloader: " + classLoader);
+        }
+        ServiceContainer container = getItemNoParent(classLoader, true);
+        T singleton = container.getSingleton(serviceType);
+        if(singleton!=null){
+            if(LOG.isLoggable(Level.FINEST)) {
+                LOG.finest("Evaluated singleton of type " + serviceType.getName() + " to " + singleton);
+            }
+            return singleton;
+        }
+        Collection<? extends T> services = getServices(serviceType, classLoader);
+        if (services.isEmpty()) {
+            singleton = null;
+        } else {
+            singleton = getServiceWithHighestPriority(services, serviceType);
+        }
+        if(singleton!=null) {
+            container.setSingleton(serviceType, singleton);
+        }
+        if(LOG.isLoggable(Level.FINEST)) {
+            LOG.finest("Evaluated singleton of type " + serviceType.getName() + " to " + singleton);
+        }
+        return singleton;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the services visible.
+     * @param serviceType
+     *            the service type.
+     * @param <T> the type param
+     * @return the services visible for the current classloader.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public <T> List<T> getServices(Class<T> serviceType) {
+        return getServices(serviceType, AbstractClassloaderAwareItemLoader.getDefaultClassLoader());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the services visible.
+     * @param serviceType the service type.
+     * @param classLoader the classloader
+     * @param <T> the type param
+     * @return the services visible for the current classloader.
+     */
+    public <T> List<T> getServices(Class<T> serviceType, ClassLoader classLoader) {
+        List<T> services = new ArrayList<>();
+        ClassLoader cl = classLoader;
+        List<ServiceContainer> containers = new ArrayList<>();
+        while(cl!=null) {
+            ServiceContainer container = getItemNoParent(cl, true);
+            containers.add(container);
+            cl = cl.getParent();
+        }
+        List<ServiceContainer> prevContainers = new ArrayList<>();
+        Collections.reverse(containers);
+        for(ServiceContainer container: containers) {
+            if (!container.isTypeLoaded(serviceType)) {
+                container.loadServices(serviceType, prevContainers);
+            }
+            services.addAll(container.getServices(serviceType));
+            prevContainers.add(container);
+        }
+        if(LOG.isLoggable(Level.FINEST)) {
+            LOG.finest("Evaluated services of type " + serviceType.getName() + " to " + services);
+        }
+        return services;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param services to scan
+     * @param <T>      type of the service
+     *
+     * @return the service with the highest {@link javax.annotation.Priority#value()}
+     *
+     * @throws ConfigException if there are multiple service implementations with the maximum priority
+     */
+    private <T> T getServiceWithHighestPriority(Collection<? extends T> services, Class<T> serviceType) {
+
+        // we do not need the priority stuff if the list contains only one element
+        if (services.size() == 1) {
+            return services.iterator().next();
+        }
+
+        Integer highestPriority = null;
+        int highestPriorityServiceCount = 0;
+        T highestService = null;
+
+        for (T service : services) {
+            int prio = getPriority(service);
+            if (highestPriority == null || highestPriority < prio) {
+                highestService = service;
+                highestPriorityServiceCount = 1;
+                highestPriority = prio;
+            } else if (highestPriority == prio) {
+                highestPriorityServiceCount++;
+            }
+        }
+        if (highestPriorityServiceCount > 1) {
+            throw new ConfigException(MessageFormat.format("Found {0} implementations for Service {1} with Priority {2}: {3}",
+                    highestPriorityServiceCount,
+                    serviceType.getName(),
+                    highestPriority,
+                    services));
+        }
+        return highestService;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks the given instance for a @Priority annotation. If present the annotation's value s evaluated. If no such
+     * annotation is present, a default priority is returned (1);
+     * @param o the instance, not null.
+     * @return a priority, by default 1.
+     */
+    public static int getPriority(Object o){
+        int prio = 0;
+        Priority priority = o.getClass().getAnnotation(Priority.class);
+        if (priority != null) {
+            prio = priority.value();
+        }
+        if(LOG.isLoggable(Level.FINEST)) {
+            LOG.finest("Evaluated priority for " + o.getClass().getName() + " to " + prio);
+        }
+        return prio;
+    }
+
+}