Java Class forName forName(String name)

Description

for Name

License

LGPL

Declaration

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

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: LGPL 

public class Main {
    public static Class<?> forName(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        switch (name) {
        case "byte":
            return byte.class;
        case "short":
            return short.class;
        case "int":
            return int.class;
        case "long":
            return long.class;
        case "float":
            return float.class;
        case "double":
            return double.class;
        case "boolean":
            return boolean.class;
        case "char":
            return char.class;
        default://from w  ww  .  j a  va  2  s .  co m
            return Class.forName(name);
        }
    }
}

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