Can class load order be specified?

[Ronald G. Louzon]

I have some jar files in the web-inf\lib directory under a context.  When
the
servlet for that context is loaded and the servlet class loader auto-loads
those jar files it finds in the context's lib directory, is it possible to
specify the load order of the jar files?  If not, is there a specification
which dictates what that load order should be?   It is not defined in the
servlet spec so I assume the order is provider dependent but I was wondering
if anyone knows something different.