Here you can find the source of loadClass(String className)
public static Class<?> loadClass(String className)
//package com.java2s; /*// w w w.j a v a2 s .c o m * Copyright (c) 2010-2015 Osman Shoukry * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License or any * later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ public class Main { public static Class<?> loadClass(String className) { return loadClass(className, true); } public static Class<?> loadClass(String className, boolean initialize) { return loadClass(className, initialize, getThreadClassLoader()); } public static Class<?> loadClass(String className, boolean initialize, ClassLoader classloader) { try { return Class.forName(className, initialize, classloader); } catch (LinkageError linkageError) { // class depends on another that wasn't found. } catch (ClassNotFoundException classNotFoundException) { // no such class found. } return null; } private static ClassLoader getThreadClassLoader() { return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader(); } }