Additional features include the ability to keep the database connection of a loader alive when a series of class loads is expected, and to explicitly load a single class by name.
You can use public methods inherited from java.lang.ClassLoader. Methods in java.lang.Class that deal with loading classes are also available; however, use these methods with caution because some of them make assumptions about which class loader gets used. In particular, you should use the three-argument version of Class.forName, otherwise the system (boot) class loader is used.
There are various public methods in DynamicClassLoader. For more information, see the Javadoc in the JDBC_HOME/docs/en/javadocs.