Java Reflection - Java Class.forName(String className)

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Syntax

Class.forName(String className) has the following syntax.

public static Class <?> forName(String className)   throws ClassNotFoundException

Example

In the following code shows how to use Class.forName(String className) method.

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

    // returns the Class object for the class with the specified name
    Class cls = Class.forName("java.lang.ClassLoader");

    // returns the name and package of the class
    System.out.println("Class found = " + cls.getName());
    System.out.println("Package = " + cls.getPackage());

  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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