Move common caching class loading functionality to the separate class

core/src/main/java/hudson/PluginManager.java

@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
 import hudson.security.ACLContext;
 import hudson.security.Permission;
 import hudson.security.PermissionScope;
+import hudson.util.CachingClassLoader;
 import hudson.util.CyclicGraphDetector;
 import hudson.util.CyclicGraphDetector.CycleDetectedException;
-import hudson.util.DelegatingClassLoader;
 import hudson.util.ExistenceCheckingClassLoader;
 import hudson.util.FormValidation;
 import hudson.util.PersistedList;
@@ -108,13 +108,11 @@
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.ServiceLoader;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
@@ -2402,12 +2400,9 @@ public <T> T of(String key, Class<T> type, Supplier<T> func) {
     /**
      * {@link ClassLoader} that can see all plugins.
      */
-    public static final class UberClassLoader extends DelegatingClassLoader {
+    public static final class UberClassLoader extends CachingClassLoader {
         private final List<PluginWrapper> activePlugins;
 
-        /** Cache of loaded, or known to be unloadable, classes. */
-        private final ConcurrentMap<String, Optional<Class<?>>> loaded = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-
         /**
          * The servlet container's {@link ClassLoader} (the parent of Jenkins core) is
          * parallel-capable and maintains its own growing {@link Map} of {@link
@@ -2426,29 +2421,29 @@ public UberClassLoader(List<PluginWrapper> activePlugins) {
         }
 
         @Override
-        protected Class<?> findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+        protected Class<?> loadClass(String name, boolean resolve) throws ClassNotFoundException {
             for (String namePrefixToSkip : CLASS_PREFIXES_TO_SKIP) {
                 if (name.startsWith(namePrefixToSkip)) {
                     throw new ClassNotFoundException("ignoring " + name);
                 }
             }
-            return loaded.computeIfAbsent(name, this::computeValue).orElseThrow(() -> new ClassNotFoundException(name));
+            return super.loadClass(name, resolve);
         }
 
-        private Optional<Class<?>> computeValue(String name) {
+        @Override
+        protected Class<?> findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
             for (PluginWrapper p : activePlugins) {
                 try {
                     if (FAST_LOOKUP) {
-                        return Optional.of(ClassLoaderReflectionToolkit.loadClass(p.classLoader, name));
+                        return ClassLoaderReflectionToolkit.loadClass(p.classLoader, name);
                     } else {
-                        return Optional.of(p.classLoader.loadClass(name));
+                        return p.classLoader.loadClass(name);
                     }
                 } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                     // Not found. Try the next class loader.
                 }
             }
-            // Not found in any of the class loaders. Delegate.
-            return Optional.empty();
+            throw new ClassNotFoundException(name);
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -2480,10 +2475,6 @@ protected Enumeration<URL> findResources(String name) throws IOException {
             return Collections.enumeration(resources);
         }
 
-        void clearCacheMisses() {
-            loaded.values().removeIf(Optional::isEmpty);
-        }
-
         @Override
         public String toString() {
             // only for debugging purpose

core/src/main/java/hudson/util/CachingClassLoader.java

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package hudson.util;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import org.kohsuke.accmod.Restricted;
+import org.kohsuke.accmod.restrictions.NoExternalUse;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * ClassLoader with internal caching of class loading results.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Caches both successful and failed class lookups to avoid redundant delegation
+ * and repeated class resolution attempts. Designed for performance optimization
+ * in systems that repeatedly query class presence (e.g., plugin environments,
+ * reflective loading, optional dependencies).
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * Useful for classloaders that have heavy-weight loadClass() implementations
+ *
+ * @author Dmytro Ukhlov
+ */
+@Restricted(NoExternalUse.class)
+public class CachingClassLoader extends DelegatingClassLoader {
+    private final ConcurrentHashMap<String, Object> cache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+    public CachingClassLoader(String name, ClassLoader parent) {
+        super(name, parent);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Class<?> loadClass(String name, boolean resolve) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+        Object classOrEmpty = cache.computeIfAbsent(name, key -> {
+            try {
+                return super.loadClass(name, false);
+            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+                // Not found.
+                return Optional.empty();
+            }
+        });
+
+        if (classOrEmpty == Optional.empty()) {
+            throw new ClassNotFoundException(name);
+        }
+
+        Class<?> clazz = (Class<?>) classOrEmpty;
+        if (resolve) {
+            resolveClass(clazz);
+        }
+        return clazz;
+    }
+
+    public void clearCacheMisses() {
+        cache.values().removeIf(v -> v == Optional.empty());
+    }
+}