Java Class Load classForName(String str)

Description

Gets the Class instance from str .

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
str	Name of the class.

Exception

Parameter	Description
ClassNotFoundException	If class with name str cannot be found.

Return

instance.

Declaration

public static Class classForName(String str) throws ClassNotFoundException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w  w w .  j a v  a  2 s . c om*/
 *      JwIUtils - Utility Library for Java <https://github.com/JonathanxD/>
 *
 *         The MIT License (MIT)
 *
 *      Copyright (c) 2017 TheRealBuggy/JonathanxD (https://github.com/JonathanxD/) <jonathan.scripter@programmer.net>
 *      Copyright (c) contributors
 *
 *
 *      Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 *      of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 *      in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 *      to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 *      copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 *      furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 *
 *      The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
 *      all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 *
 *      THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 *      IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 *      FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 *      AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 *      LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 *      OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 *      THE SOFTWARE.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Gets the {@link Class} instance from {@code str}.
     *
     * @param str Name of the class.
     * @return {@link Class} instance.
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException If class with name {@code str} cannot be found.
     */
    public static Class classForName(String str) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        if (str.equals("byte"))
            return Byte.TYPE;
        if (str.equals("short"))
            return Short.TYPE;
        if (str.equals("char"))
            return Character.TYPE;
        if (str.equals("int"))
            return Integer.TYPE;
        if (str.equals("float"))
            return Float.TYPE;
        if (str.equals("double"))
            return Double.TYPE;
        if (str.equals("long"))
            return Long.TYPE;
        if (str.equals("boolean"))
            return Boolean.TYPE;
        if (str.equals("void"))
            return Void.TYPE;

        return Class.forName(str);
    }
}

Related

1. classForName(String name)
2. classForName(String name)
3. classForName(String name)
4. classForName(String name)
5. classForName(String name, ClassLoader classLoader)
6. classForName(String typeName)
7. classForName(String typeName)
8. classForNameNoThrow(String className)
9. classForNameOrNull(final String className)