Java Class Load loadClass(final String className)

Description

load Class

License

Apache License

Declaration

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

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**// w ww .ja v  a 2  s  .c om
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public class Main {
    public static Class<?> loadClass(final String className) {
        if (className == null) {
            return null;
        }
        try {
            final ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
            if (classLoader != null) {
                try {
                    final Class clazz = classLoader.loadClass(className);
                    return clazz;
                } catch (final ClassNotFoundException e) {
                    // no-op
                }
            }
            return Class.forName(className);
        } catch (final ClassNotFoundException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

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