Why Custom Class Loaders Are Used in Tomcat
Tomcat uses custom class loaders for several core technical reasons:
Application Isolation: As a web container, Tomcat can run multiple web applications simultaneously. Different apps may depend on conflicting libray versions or have classes with identical fully qualified names. To prevent class conflicts and keep each application's classpath ...
Posted on Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:24:45 +0000 by Jayson