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Java ClassLoader -> is a part of the JVM -> which used to load .

class files

that dynamically loads Java classes into the Java Virtual Machine.

Loads class files when prog is executed

if any of these classes are not found then it returns


a NoClassDefFoundError or ClassNotFoundException.

BootStrap ClassLoader:

doesn’t have any parent ClassLoader.

also called as the Primordial ClassLoader.

loads classes from the location [Link].

this is used to load core java lib like [Link] file containing fundamental classes from the packages like
[Link] & java .lib

Extension ClassLoader:

child of Bootstrap ClassLoader

used to load optional jar files one which are related to db , serucrity and methoioned in mavaed from
a predefined location

loads the extensions of core java classes from the respective JDK Extension library.

It loads files from jre/lib/ext directory or any other directory pointed by the system property
[Link].

System ClassLoader:

child class of Extension ClassLoader.

used to load classes from appl class path


It loads the Application type classes found in the environment variable CLASSPATH, -classpath or -cp
command line option.

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