Question

That is when you have any jar file attached to you your class path. then as far as i know any class from the jar is loaded for the first time when,

1. when you create any object of that type. or
2. If you are accessing any static member or method of that class. or
3. when you load that by using Class.forName() method.

So are there any other ways of loading a class for the first time?

Answer 1

This may be helpful:

5.3 Creation and Loading on the The JavaTM Virtual Machine Specification