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+<document>
+
+  <properties>
+    <title>On ClassLoaders in Ant2</title>
+    <author email="peter@apache.org">Peter Donald</author>
+  </properties>
+
+<body>
+
+<section name="ClassLoader Management">
+
+<p>In many ways Ant2 needs to follow rules similar to a number of 
+different application servers with respect to ClassLoader management. 
+Ant2 will create a number of different ClassLoaders that have access 
+to different sets of resources (and thus Classes). The main reason
+for this arrangment is to partition different sections of the 
+application such as the Container, the Task API, task/type libraries 
+and support libraries.</p>
+
+<p>The recomended structure for ClassLoader relationships is a hierarchy.
+When a ClassLoader is asked for a resource (or a class) it first delegates
+to it's parent to ask for the resource. If the resource is not present in 
+its parent ClassLoader then the ClassLoader attempts to locate the resource
+in it's own store. In practice this means that all the classes (and static 
+variables defined by said classes) in a parent ClassLoader are shared with 
+the child ClassLoaders.</p>
+
+<p>Using kooky ascii art, the specific ClassLoader structure for Ant2 is as 
+follows:</p>
+
+<source>
+      Bootstrap
+          |
+       System
+          |
+       Common
+      /      \
+ Container  Shared
+             /   \
+        Antlib1  Antlib2 ... 
+</source>
+
+<ul>
+  <li>
+    The <strong>Bootstrap</strong> ClassLoader contains the classes and resources 
+    provided by the Java runtime.
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    The <strong>System</strong> ClassLoader contains the classes that were made accessible 
+    via the CLASSPATH environment variable. If the standard ant script was used then this 
+    should only contain the classes that are used to bootstrap the ant runtime. ie 
+    <code>$ANT_HOME/bin/ant-launcher.jar</code>
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    The <strong>Common</strong> ClassLoader contains the classes and resources 
+    that are made visible to both the Container and to all the ant type librarys. This 
+    contains all the classes that the Container uses to communicate with tasks and other
+    supporting infrastructure. In particular it contains the following APIs;
+    <ul>
+      <li>
+        <em>Task API</em> - Contains the classes that are part of the API used
+        to define tasks.
+      </li>
+      <li>
+        <em>ProjectListener API</em> - Contains the classes necessary to define new 
+        ProjectListeners.
+      </li>
+      <li>
+        <em>Aspect API</em> - Contains the classes that are used to define Aspects 
+        of the container.
+      </li>
+      <li>
+        <em>Container API</em> - Contains the interfaces that are required to communicate
+        with the objects deep within the container. <strong>NOTE</strong>: These interfaces
+        are not to be used by user tasks but are made available so that certain tasks (such 
+        as &lt;antcall/&gt;) can be implemented. However they are subject to change without 
+        notice between between different ant2 versions.
+      </li>
+    </ul>
+    <p>
+      These classes are loaded from all the jars present in the <code>$ANT_HOME/lib</code>
+      directory. 
+    </p>
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    The <strong>Container</strong> ClassLoader contains all the classes and resources
+    that are part of the actual implementation of the Container. These classes are not
+    directly accessible to any Ant library or task. Some of the classes are indirectly 
+    accessible to tasks and other elements defined in the ant librarys as they implement 
+    interfaces defined in the <strong>Common</strong> ClassLoader. The classes that are 
+    stored in jars in the <code>$ANT_HOME/bin/lib/</code> directory.
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    The <strong>Shared</strong> ClassLoader contains all the classes and resources
+    that are shared across all of the ant librarys (unless they are als needed by the
+    container in which case they should be placed int the <strong>Container</strong> 
+    ClassLoader). This ClassLoader is populated by all the jars that are contained in
+    the <code>$ANT_HOME/shared/</code> directory.
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    The <strong>AntLib</strong> ClassLoaders each contain the classes and resources
+    that required by that particular library. Note that in some cases a single Ant 
+    Library will manifest as a single ClassLoader containing a single jar. However 
+    in some cases it is possible for one Ant Library to have multiple jars in its 
+    ClassLoader or even have multiple ClassLoaders. See XXXX for further details.
+  </li>
+</ul>
+
+</section>
+
+</body>
+</document>
