Here you can find the source of loadClass(String className)
public static Class<?> loadClass(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException, Exception
//package com.java2s; /*/*ww w.j a v a 2s . c om*/ * Copyright 2008-2009 MOPAS(Ministry of Public Administration and Security). * * 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. */ public class Main { public static Class<?> loadClass(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException, Exception { Class<?> clazz = null; try { clazz = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader() .loadClass(className); } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { throw new ClassNotFoundException(); } catch (Exception e) { throw new Exception(e); } if (clazz == null) { clazz = Class.forName(className); } return clazz; } }