If a class that is already loaded, is modified, or is moved to a new location, then the class needs to be loaded again. This is called dynamic class loading. BP Server provides dynamic class loading for adapters with the following features:
Supports Application Class Loader and Adapter Class Loader.
Class files can be loaded from multiple locations.
Class files can also be loaded from JAR files.
By default, application class loader is supported. In application class loader, all the adapters of an application are loaded by the same class loader.
The check "if class is modified" is based on the last modified time of the class file. If the class is in a JAR file, then the check is based on the last modified time of the JAR file as well as the last modified time of the class file.
BP Server allows loading class files from specific locations as well as from JAR files.
Locations common to all applications
OEBPS_HOME\ebmsapps
OEBPS_HOME\ebmsapps\common\classes
OEBPS_HOME\ebmsapps\common\lib
Locations specific to an application
OEBPS_HOME\ebmsapps\<application name>\lib
In general, BPM Events can load the class files placed directly in the following locations:
OEBPS_HOME\ebmsapps
OEBPS_HOME\ebmsapps\common\classes
The classes from JAR files are loaded from the following locations:
OEBPS_HOME\ebmsapps\<application name>\lib
OEBPS_HOME\ebmsapps\common\lib
The ebmsapps\common\lib location is used to search for JAR files as well as class files, but the location ebmsapps\<application name>\lib is used to search only for the JAR files.
Supports Application Class Loader and Adapter Class Loader.
