Java Class Load classForNameOrNull(final String className)

Description

Call Class.forName(className), but return null if any exception is thrown.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
className	The class name to load.

Return

The class of the requested name, or null if an exception was thrown while trying to load the class.

Declaration

public static Class<?> classForNameOrNull(final String className) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   w  w  w. ja  va 2  s. c  om*/
 * This file is part of ClassGraph.
 *
 * Author: Luke Hutchison
 *
 * Hosted at: https://github.com/lukehutch/fast-classpath-scanner
 *
 * --
 *
 * The MIT License (MIT)
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2018 Luke Hutchison
 *
 * 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 {
    /**
     * Call Class.forName(className), but return null if any exception is thrown.
     * 
     * @param className
     *            The class name to load.
     * @return The class of the requested name, or null if an exception was thrown while trying to load the class.
     */
    public static Class<?> classForNameOrNull(final String className) {
        try {
            return Class.forName(className);
        } catch (final Exception e) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

Related

1. classForName(String name, ClassLoader classLoader)
2. classForName(String str)
3. classForName(String typeName)
4. classForName(String typeName)
5. classForNameNoThrow(String className)
6. classForNameOrPrimitive(String name, ClassLoader loader)
7. fromString(Class clazz, String stringValue)
8. fromString(Class clazz, String name)
9. fromString(Class clz, String value, T defaultVal)