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Posted to dev@commons.apache.org by rd...@apache.org on 2005/05/04 21:29:02 UTC
svn commit: r168173 - /jakarta/commons/proper/logging/trunk/xdocs/tech.xml
Author: rdonkin
Date: Wed May 4 12:29:01 2005
New Revision: 168173
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=168173&view=rev
Log:
Added note about new, improved terminology coined by Mike Colbert.
Modified:
jakarta/commons/proper/logging/trunk/xdocs/tech.xml
Modified: jakarta/commons/proper/logging/trunk/xdocs/tech.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta/commons/proper/logging/trunk/xdocs/tech.xml?rev=168173&r1=168172&r2=168173&view=diff
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--- jakarta/commons/proper/logging/trunk/xdocs/tech.xml (original)
+++ jakarta/commons/proper/logging/trunk/xdocs/tech.xml Wed May 4 12:29:01 2005
@@ -385,6 +385,12 @@
and the second child-first.
</p>
<p>
+ <strong>Note:</strong> 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.
+ </p>
+ <p>
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
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