Tomcat ClassLoader HOW-TO

2015/10/28

Overview

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Class Loader Definitions

Bootstrap

This class loader contains the basic runtime classes provided by the JVM, plus any classes from JAR files present in the System Extensions directory ($JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext)

System

This class loader is normally initialized from the contents of CLASSPATH environment variable. All such classes are visible to both Tomcat internal classes, and to web applications.