Is possible to have 2 child threads with different classpath in each one?

Question

I have a \"core\" application that is adapter to process task. Each task is implemented in an adapter load by the core to process the task.

My question is, is it possibl

Answer 1

Indeed:

URLClassLoader cl = new URLClassLoader(urls);
Thread thread = new MyThread();
thread.setContextClassLoader(cl);
thread.start();

Answer 2

Yes you can. using Thread's setContextClassLoader method.

check following link(little old but useful) for understanding it better:

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javaqa/2003-06/01-qa-0606-load.html

Answer 3

Use Thread.currentThread().setContextClassloader() and make a new URLClassLoader with the desired classpath.