Show loading a class and finding and calling its Main method
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
/**
* Show loading a class and finding and calling its Main method.
*
* @author Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/
* @version $Id: InvokeMain.java,v 1.3 2004/02/09 03:33:54 ian Exp $
*/
public class InvokeMain {
public static void main(String[] argv) {
//+
try {
// First, find the class.
Class c = Class.forName("InvokeMain"); // RECURSION
System.out.println(c);
// Create the array of Argument Types
Class[] argTypes = { argv.getClass(), // array is Object!
};
// Now find the method
Method m = c.getMethod("main", argTypes);
System.out.println(m);
// Create the actual argument array
Object passedArgv[] = { argv };
// Now invoke the method.
m.invoke(null, passedArgv);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println(e);
}
//-
}
}
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