Does system classloader load all classes in classpath even if they're not actually used?

Question

I\'m using JDK 1.6 to run a small application. However I set a very massive classpath which includes a lot of classes.

When I run the application will all classes in the

Answer 1

To my knowledge it's impossible to load all classes if they are not accessed explicitly. Class in only loaded when it's constructor or any other static member is first accessed, this rule applies to nested classes as well.