[PJP]: Dynamic Class Loading in the Java Virtual Machine

Sheng Liang and Gilad Bracha, "Dynamic Class Loading in the Java Virtual Machine", ACM OOPSLA'98, pp.36-44, 1998.

Abstract
Class loaders are a powerful mechanism for dynamically loading software components on the Java platform. They are unusual in supporting all of the following features: laziness, type-safe linkage, user-defined extensibility, and multiple communicating namespaces.
We present the notion of class loaders and demonstrate some of their interesting uses. In addition,we discuss howto maintain type safety in the presence of user-defined dynamic class loading.

P.S. Найдено в tutorial on Javassist.
P.P.S. Интересный пример:
MyClassLoader myLoader = new MyClassLoader();
Class clazz = myLoader.loadClass("Box");
Object obj = clazz.newInstance();
Box b = (Box)obj; // this always throws ClassCastException.
Так как не до конца определено, кто же загрузчик класса Box (в той части, где - 'Box b = (Box)...').