Triangle Java Users Group Presents:

Java Class Loaders

presented by Stuart Dabbs Halloway

Monday, March 17, 2003
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
MCNC Auditorium
3021 Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Abstract:
Java's class loader architecture provides a dynamic and extensible mechanism for building applications. You will learn how to use class loaders to deploy multiple versions of classes side-by-side in the same VM, and how to redeploy components withtout shutting down servers. You will also learn how to troubleshoot class loading problems such as inversion. You will learn to use the context class loader to correctly implement factory methods, and how to load non-code resources.

About the Speaker:
Stuart Dabbs Halloway is the Chief Technical Officer at DevelopMentor, a developer services company that specializes in training programmers in .NET, Java, Web Services, C++, and COM. Stuart is the author of Component Development for the Java Platform, part of the DevelopMentor book series and available for free online. From January 2000 to July 2001, Stuart wrote a monthly Tech Tips column for the Java Developer Connection. He has also written for JavaPro magazine. Stuart regularly speaks at industry events such as JavaOne. Prior to DevelopMentor, Stuart worked as a lead engineer and project manager, shipping successful projects for Prentice Hall, National Geographic, and Duke University's Humanities Computing Facility. He received his B.S. and M.P.P. from Duke University in 1990 and 1994, respectively.

Stuart's internet home is http://staff.develop.com/halloway. Stuart lives in North Carolina with his wife Joey, daughters Hattie and Harper, Sundance the spaniel, Darwin the beag-dachshund, and Emma the stuffy cat.

Admission:
Paid-up members of TriJUG may attend without additional charge. Non members are asked to pay $5 per meeting. But, if you are either a full time student or unemployed, then we ask only $2 per meeting.

DIRECTIONS to MCNC:
From Raleigh:
Take I-40 West toward Durham and Chapel Hill. You will enter RTP. Where I-40 splits, bear right onto the Durham Freeway North (Highway 147). Take the Cornwallis Road Exit. At the end of the exit ramp, bear right - cross back over the Freeway. MCNC is located approximately 3/4 mile on the right.

From Durham:
Get on the Durham Freeway South (Highway 147). Take the Cornwallis Road exit. At the end of the ramp, bear right - MCNC is approximately 3/4 mile on right.

Click here for map with directions, or visit the MCNC web site.

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