On Friday 09 July 2004 16:15, Archie Cobbs wrote: > By the way, I'm somewhat confused about terminology. I've always > used the term "system class loader" to mean a user defined class > loader (with associated ClassLoader object), and always different > from the "bootstrap class loader" which (by my definition) is a VM > internal thing and is the only class loader capable of deriving/defining > types without invoking ClassLoader.defineClass(). By (my) definition, > the "system class loader" is the class loader associated with the object > returned by the method ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(). > > Are some people using "system class loader" to refer to the > bootstrap loader.. ? I'd love some clarification on this.
It seems only one person is using "system class loader" to mean a Java class which loads system classes, and that person is me. I thought I'd got the terminology from Li Gong's book (which I don't have handy), but apparently the rest of the world is unanimous in using "system class loader" to mean the application class loader. Sorry for the confusion. -- Chris Gray /k/ Embedded Java Solutions Embedded & Mobile Java, OSGi http://www.kiffer.be/k/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] +32 3 216 0369 _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
