From b6b750fc9c61a8a9d9577b12084c2c2701c91c71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Burrell Donkin Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 19:29:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added note about new, improved terminology coined by Mike Colbert. git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jakarta/commons/proper/logging/trunk@168173 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- xdocs/tech.xml | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/xdocs/tech.xml b/xdocs/tech.xml index 0375edd..72841a0 100644 --- a/xdocs/tech.xml +++ b/xdocs/tech.xml @@ -385,6 +385,12 @@ and the second child-first.

+ Note: the term child-first (though commonly used) is misleading. + A better term (and one which may be encountered on the mailing list) is parent-last. + This more accurately describes the actual process of classloader performed + by such a classloader. +

+

Parent-first loading has been the standard mechanism in the JDK class loader, at least since Java 1.2 introduced hierarchical classloaders. The primary reason for this is safety -- parent-first