Java ClassLoader delegation model?

Question

When calling loadClass() on a ClassLoader, does the ClassLoader first check if the class has been loaded, or does it immediately delegate this check to

Answer 1

The Java API is correct.

When requested to find a class or resource, a ClassLoader instance will delegate the search for the class or resource to its parent class loader before attempting to find the class or resource itself.

From the Java Classloading Mechanism -

When loading a class, a class loader first "delegates" the search for the class to its parent class loader before attempting to find the class itself.