add a remote jar to classpath

[cyberco]

Is it possible to add a jar residing on a remote webserver to the
classpath of an application that I run locally?

 

[Roedy Green]

Is it possible to add a jar residing on a remote webserver to the
classpath of an application that I run locally?

no. The things you put on the classpath are files, not URLS. To pull
that off you need to use a custom classloader. There is one already
written just for that.

 

[aneel]

There is a concept called URL classloading. You can see JBoss source to
get started.
google:"URL Classloading"