I think you are right in that JVMs are allowed to wait until first use to load a class, but the one time I checked the Sun JVM it didn't work that way. It actively loaded the class (which is also allowed). I would bet dollars to donuts we'd find it doesn't wait.
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 1:22 AM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sean, that's not how class loaders work AFAIK. the mere presence of an > import does not trigger the load. You have to touch it. > > HOWEVER, if I am wrong, I will (a) buy the beer, and (b) add the > reflective code to get rid of the import.
