Class.forName

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Syntax

public static native Class forName( String className ) throws ClassNotFoundException

Parameters

className: the fully qualified name of the desired class.

Returns

the Class descriptor for the class with the specified name.

Description

Returns the Class object associated with the class with the given string name. Given the fully-qualified name for a class or interface, this method attempts to locate, load and link the class. If it succeeds, returns the Class object representing the class. If it fails, the method throws a ClassNotFoundException.

For example, the following code fragment returns the runtime Class descriptor for the class named java.lang.Thread:

Class t = Class.forName("java.lang.Thread")

Exceptions

ClassNotFoundException if the class could not be found.

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