Java Class Exist classExists(String className)

Description

class Exists

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static boolean classExists(String className) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  ww  w . j  ava2  s. com*/
 * Copyright 2003-2005 Dave Griffith
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

public class Main {
    public static boolean classExists(String className) {
        final Class<?> aClass;
        try {
            aClass = Class.forName(className);
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException ignore) {
            return false;
        }
        return aClass != null;
    }
}

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