>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Schlienger <m.schlienger@xxxxxxxxx> writes: Martin> -I noticed that URLLoader and RemoteURLLoader are also Martin> intended to load remote directories. May someone give me any Martin> hint to use these one? These are only for use as internal helpers of URLClassLoader. Martin> The very best would be that we launch our software with jamvm Martin> -classpath http: //url-to-my-classpath-classes/mypackage.jar You may want to look at JNLP. Martin> Another question: what is the gnu/java/net/loader/Load_ prefix Martin> for? there is no class that begins with Load_ . This is in cases a VM wants to add support for some URL type it provides. libgcj uses this to handle gcjlib: URLs. Tom