Dynamically Reloading a Modified Class : Class Loader « Reflection « Java Tutorial

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2. Reflection
3. Class Loader

import java.io.File;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLClassLoader;

class MyClass{
  public String myMethod() {
    return "a message";
  }
}

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {

    URL[] urls = null;

    File dir = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir") + File.separator + "dir" + File.separator);
    URL url = dir.toURI().toURL();
    urls = new URL[] { url };

    ClassLoader cl = new URLClassLoader(urls);

    Class cls = cl.loadClass("MyClass");

    MyClass myObj = (MyClass) cls.newInstance();

  }
}