METHOD, SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND DATA STRUCTURES FOR LOADING PROGRAMS INTO A RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT

Provided is a method, system, program, and data structures for installing components in a computer runtime environment. A kit file is retrieved including information on program components to load into memory. The retrieved kit file information is used to retrieve the program components for the kit file. The retrieved program components for the kit file are loaded into the runtime environment. A determination is made as to whether there are dependency kit files associated with the retrieved kit file. Program components for each determined dependency kit file are maintained in the runtime environment, wherein classes and interfaces are resolved using the program components loaded into the runtime environment.