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The initial sequence of execution for a java application

843798Jan 8 2010 — edited Jan 12 2010
What's the sequence of events after the java launcher is invoked?

Best I've found is what http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/tooldocs/windows/java.html says:

"The java tool launches a Java application. It does this by starting a Java runtime environment, loading a specified class, and invoking that class's main method ... The Java runtime searches for the startup class, and other classes used, in three sets of locations: the bootstrap class path, the installed extensions, and the user class path."

I'm writing a paper about this topic and would like to be more detailed and specific. A couple of lines or a link to related material is highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
J
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