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layout: general
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title: Plugin Class Loaders
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To load classes of each plugin, IDEA uses a separate class loader.
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This allows each plugin to use a different version of a library, even if the same library is used by IDEA itself or by another plugin.
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By default, the main IDEA class loader loads classes that were not found in the plugin class loader.
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However, in the plugin.xml file, one can use the ```<depends>``` element to specify that a plugin depends on one or more other plugins.
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In this case, the class loaders of those plugins will be used for classes not found in the current plugin.
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This allows a plugin to reference classes from other plugins. |