In Java 8, you can cast the system class loader to a URLClassLoader. This is usually done by applications and libraries that want to inject classes into the classpath at runtime.

Classes and objects in Java must be initialized before they are used. You’ve previously learned that class fields are initialized to default values when classes are loaded, and that objects are ...

After the Java Community Keynote on Thursday morning, I went to Plaza A/B in the same Hilton San Francisco to attend " Do You Really Get Classloaders? " (19220).

ClassPathResource#getInputStream does not use system class loader as a fallback to locate resources when instancied from ClassPathResource (String) #35223 ...