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What does JVM flag CMSClassUnloadingEnabled actually do?

I cannot for the life of me find a definition of what the Java VM flag CMSClassUnloadingEnabled actually does, other than some very … Read more

Find where java class is loaded from

by IT Nursery

Does anyone know how to programmaticly find out where the java classloader actually loads the class from? I often work on large projects … Read more

URL to load resources from the classpath in Java

by IT Nursery

In Java, you can load all kinds of resources using the same API but with different URL protocols: file:///tmp.txt http://127.0.0.1:8080/a.properties jar:http://www.foo.com/bar/baz.jar!/COM/foo/Quux.class This nicely … Read more

What is the difference between Class.getResource() and ClassLoader.getResource()?

by IT Nursery

I wonder what the difference is between Class.getResource() and ClassLoader.getResource()? edit: I especially want to know if any caching is involved on file/directory … Read more

Difference between thread’s context class loader and normal classloader

by IT Nursery

What is the difference between a thread’s context class loader and a normal class loader? That is, if Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader() and getClass().getClassLoader() return different … Read more