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<h1>Classloader basics</h1>
<p>Classloaders are organized in a tree structure, where classloaders deeper down the tree (usually) delegate requests to their parent classloaders and thereby 'share' their parent's knowledge.</p>
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<p>An in-depth explanation of the classloaders functionality is beyond the scope of this documentation. Starting points might be found here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javaqa/2003-06/01-qa-0606-load.htm" target="_blank">http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javaqa/2003-06/01-qa-0606-load.htm</a>
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<p><a href="http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Networking/classloaders/" target="_blank">http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Networking/classloaders/</a>
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<p><a href="http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/tutorial/beyond/misc/classloader.htm" target="_blank">http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/tutorial/beyond/misc/classloader.htm</a>
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