Chapter 5. Customizing Class Loading
Chapter 2 described using the class loaders installed by the Java launcher and also using your own instances of URLClassLoader. These techniques solve many of the class loader problems you are likely to face. However, there are times when it would be nice to use a custom class loader. For instance, you may want to distribute classes with a protocol other than http, load classes from an object database, or extract classes from a version control system. More interestingly, you may want to modify the semantics of class loading. You might insert additional information, such as instrumentation for debugging, profiling, or auditing, or you might want to process custom metadata that you have added to the binary class ...
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