Java Class Load loadClass(String clazz, ClassLoader cl)

Description

Load class from class name, swallowing possible ClassNotFoundException.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
clazz	the class name
cl	the classloader, set to null to use the current thread context class loader.

Return

the loaded class, or null if class not found.

Declaration

public static Class loadClass(String clazz, ClassLoader cl) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from   w  w w  . ja v a 2s . c  o m*/
 * This file is part of PaxmlCore.
 *
 * PaxmlCore is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * PaxmlCore 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 * along with PaxmlCore.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Load class from class name, swallowing possible ClassNotFoundException.
     * 
     * @param clazz
     *            the class name
     * @param cl
     *            the classloader, set to null to use the current thread context
     *            class loader.
     * @return the loaded class, or null if class not found.
     */
    public static Class loadClass(String clazz, ClassLoader cl) {
        cl = cl == null ? Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader() : cl;
        try {
            return cl.loadClass(clazz);
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

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