Class Loader for Portlet Application

[Vikrant Pandit]

JSR 168 SAYS

The Portlet container must use the same classloader that the servlet container uses for the Web application resources in order to load the portlets and related resources within the portlet application

I cannot understand the exact importance of this statement.
Can anybody shed more light on this ?

Thanks

[Cameron Wallace McKenzie]

Basically, it's saying that a portlet application should behave the same way a web based application, from the perspective of the class loader, would behave if deployed to the same Servlet/JSP container upon which the portlet container is based.

If you've never been bitten in the behind by classloader problems, it probably doesn't mean much. If you have been, you'll have a bit more appreciation for the statement.

For more on classloaders and how they can really complicate a J2EE application, check out this link:

Understanding and Demystifying J2EE Class Loaders

-Cameron McKenzie

[Vikrant Pandit]

Thanks for your answer Cameron ....
It cleared up my doubts