Class Loaders
Every type used by a java program must be loaded into the JVM.
The JVM loads types through class loaders.
Java 1.1 has two kinds of class loaders :
- primordial (or system class loader): the default class loader. It loads Java’s API classes & users’ classes by default.
- Classloader objects (or custom classloaders): created as a part of a running java application. They are instantiated like any java object.