Typically, a class file is sent over a network or loaded by other media and into the JVM via a Java class loader, which then reads the class file, validates it and loads it into memory ready for the ...

By Michael McMahon Complex Java programs, such as application servers, sometimes create their own class loaders using the URLClassLoader type. With URLClassLoader, applications can load classes ...

Every Java virtual machine includes a class loader. The JVM spec describes standard methods for querying and manipulating the class loader at runtime, but JVM implementations are responsible for ...

Our test runner uses the Java class loader to import the classes, so it is important that the classes it tries to load are in the class path.

In order for a software program to execute code, it needs a runtime environment to load class files, verify access to memory and retrieve system resources. The JRE specifically contains a Java class ...