Java Class Loader Basics

The fundamentals of this key component of the Java architecture

By Chuck Mcmanis, JavaWorld.com, 10/01/96
The class loader concept, one of the cornerstones of the Java virtual machine, describes the behavior of converting a named class into the bits responsible for implementing that class. Because class loaders exist, the Java run time does not need to know anything about files and file systems when running Java programs.

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