load class in gradle plugin

[ethanhua]

the plugin is nice，i have an question when i read the source code, the question is that why you use URLClassLoader for load webview related class, the URLClassLoader created by traverseing transformInvocation which will cost some time, the method Class.forName doesn't meet your needs?

[dengshiwei]

At compile time, Class.forName doesn't work。

[GvcZhang]

ASM just handles class files, so we need a way to check class if a webview‘s children, DiDi's Booster project is using the way. Another way is building the class’s inheritance relationship when traverse class files like TikTok's ByteX does.

[ethanhua]

At compile time, Class.forName doesn't work。

@dengshiwei thank you for your reply. i got it . and can you explain why Class.forName doesn't work in detail? thanks

[dengshiwei]

@ethanhua I think Class.forName is a method of reflection, applicable at runtime, while ASM is a compiler processing bytecode