1. A computer implemented method for searching for a class in a system having classloaders organized in both a classloader hierarchy and a classloader network, the computer implemented method comprising: receiving a request to load a class at a request receiving classloader in the classloader hierarchy; forwarding the request to load a class to a network classloader in the classloader network, wherein the network classloader is also in the classloader hierarchy; and searching for the requested class in the classloader network.