ClassLoader [1] in the small, and OSGi [2] in the large, are good starting points for comparison. [1] https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Class

ClassLoader [1] in the small, and OSGi [2] in the large, are good starting points for comparison. [1] https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/ClassLoader.html https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/ClassLoa... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSGi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSGi