Java Class forName forName(String className)

Description

Safe Class.forName.

License

Common Public License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
className	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
ClassNotFoundException	an exception

Declaration

public static Class forName(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* w w  w. j a v  a 2s  .  co  m*/
The contents of this file are subject to the Common Public Attribution License 
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the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 
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License Version 1.1 but Sections 14 and 15 have been added to cover use of 
software over a computer network and provide for limited attribution for the 
Original Developer. In addition, Exhibit A has been modified to be consistent 
with Exhibit B.
    
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Original Code is OpenProj. The Original Developer is the Initial Developer and 
is Projity, Inc. All portions of the code written by Projity are Copyright (c) 
2006, 2007. All Rights Reserved. Contributors Projity, Inc.
    
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you do not delete the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this 
file under either the CPAL or the Projity License.
    
[NOTE: The text of this license may differ slightly from the text of the notices 
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You may not remove this license text from the source files.]
    
Attribution Information: Attribution Copyright Notice: Copyright ? 2006, 2007 
Projity, Inc. Attribution Phrase (not exceeding 10 words): Powered by OpenProj, 
an open source solution from Projity. Attribution URL: http://www.projity.com 
Graphic Image as provided in the Covered Code as file:  openproj_logo.png with 
alternatives listed on http://www.projity.com/logo
    
Display of Attribution Information is required in Larger Works which are defined 
in the CPAL as a work which combines Covered Code or portions thereof with code 
not governed by the terms of the CPAL. However, in addition to the other notice 
obligations, all copies of the Covered Code in Executable and Source Code form 
distributed must, as a form of attribution of the original author, include on 
each user interface screen the "OpenProj" logo visible to all users.  The 
OpenProj logo should be located horizontally aligned with the menu bar and left 
justified on the top left of the screen adjacent to the File menu.  The logo 
must be at least 100 x 25 pixels.  When users click on the "OpenProj" logo it 
must direct them back to http://www.projity.com.  
*/

public class Main {
    /**
     * Safe Class.forName.  See http://radio.weblogs.com/0112098/stories/2003/02/12/classfornameIsEvil.html
     * @param className
     * @return
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException
     */
    public static Class forName(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        Class theClass = null;
        try {
            theClass = Class.forName(className, true, Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            theClass = Class.forName(className);
        }
        return theClass;
    }
}

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