Additional information and guidance on class loading is
available on various Internet sites.
Use the following links to find relevant supplemental information
about class loaders. The information resides on IBM® and
non-IBM Internet sites, whose sponsors control the technical accuracy
of the information.
These links are provided for convenience. Often, the information
is not specific to the IBM WebSphere® Application Server product, but is
useful all or in part for understanding the product. When possible,
links are provided to technical papers and Redbooks™ that
supplement the broad coverage of the release documentation with in-depth
examinations of particular product areas.
View links to additional information about:
Programming model and decisions
- Demystifying class loading problems, Part 1: An introduction to
class loading and debugging tools - Learn how class loading works
and how your JVM can help you sort out class loading problems (developerWorks,
November 2005), http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-dclp1/?S_TACT=106AH10W&S_CMP=NC
- Demystifying class loading problems, Part 2: Basic class loading
exceptions - An in-depth look at some simple class loading quirks
and conundrums (developerWorks, December 2005), http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-dclp2.html?S_TACT=105AGX10&S_CMP=NC
- Demystifying class loading problems, Part 3: Tackling more unusual
class loading problems - Understand class loading and quash subtle
exceptions (developerWorks, December 2005), http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-dclp3/?S_TACT=105AGX10&S_CMP=NC
- J2EE Class Loading Demystified (developerWorks, August
2002), http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0112_deboer/deboer.html
- Java™ programming dynamics, Part 1: Classes and
class loading - A look at classes and what goes on as they're loaded
by a JVM (developerWorks, April 2003), http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-dyn0429/
Programming instructions and examples
- WebSphere Application Server V6.1: System
Management Configuration Handbook, SG24-7304-00, http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/SG247304.html?Open
- IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal: Co-hosting multiple
versions of J2EE applications, http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/0405_poddar/0405_poddar.html
Programming specifications
- Specifications and API documentation