Main Class Loading Process

[Vaibhav Gargs]

Suppose we have a main class Test.java with main method. Then, which class loader will be used to load this class? Will it be bootstrap or application class loader?

And, how can we check the order of class loaded in memory along with class loader details?

[Salil Wadnerkar]

Your application classes are loaded by the application/system loader. Bootstrap is only to load core JRE classes, like, say, ArrayList.

[Paul Clapham]

Vaibhav Gargs wrote:And, how can we check the order of class loaded in memory along with class loader details?

Here's a randomly-chosen tutorial from the web which tells you that: JVM "-verbose:class" Option.