http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Classloadercheck the references over there ...
Regards, Youssef On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 7:56 PM, André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote: > Hi. > > I am a superficial browser on this list and tend not to delve to deep into > Java intricacies. But when a term consistently shows up which I do not > understand, I try to at least learn enough about it to be able to reassure > my customers. > > Classloader is now such a term. > > I gather it is something that the JVM calls when it's missing a class, to > go hunt it down along a logic all its own, and kind of bring it into > service. I also gather that it's rather bad to get one's classloader > confused by setting CLASSPATHs and the like. And I gather that you can > either have your very own, or rely on Tomcat (?) to provide a standard one. > I haven't a clue however if this is something Tomcat-specific, > Java-generic, or in-between. > > Since I doubt that the above is all there is to say about it, could someone > thus be as kind as to point me to an explanation/tutorial about classloaders > ? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
