Here you can find the source of forName(String className)
public static Class<?> forName(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2016, zzg.zhou(11039850@qq.com) * /*from w w w. ja v a 2s . co m*/ * Monalisa is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. *******************************************************************************************/ public class Main { public static Class<?> forName(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException { try { return Class.forName(className, true, Thread.currentThread() .getContextClassLoader()); } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { } catch (SecurityException e) { } return Class.forName(className); } }