Question : Java/J2EE class loading architecture

hi

Can anyone explain java class loading architecture. How are the classes inside different applications deployed in same J2EE server not visible to each other?

thx

Answer : Java/J2EE class loading architecture

primarily because a container may be running multiple applications and you don't want one application accessing classes from another application
But there are also general purpose classes that can be shared that you don't want to have to deploy in every application