Here you can find the source of loadClass(String className)
public static Class<?> loadClass(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException
//package com.java2s; /* Copyright 2013-2015 www.snakerflow.com. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License./* w ww .j a v a 2 s .co m*/ */ public class Main { public static Class<?> loadClass(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException { try { return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().loadClass(className); } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { try { return Class.forName(className); } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) { try { return ClassLoader.class.getClassLoader().loadClass(className); } catch (ClassNotFoundException exc) { throw exc; } } } } }