Java Class Load loadClass(String name)

Description

Load the class with the given name

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
name	name of the class

Exception

Parameter	Description
ClassNotFoundException	if the class does not exists in the classpath

Return

java class

Declaration

public static Class<?> loadClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//  w w  w. j av a2 s.  c om
 * Copyright (c) 2008, WSO2 Inc. (http://www.wso2.org) All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * 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 {
    /**
     * Load the class with the given name
     *
     * @param name name of the class
     *
     * @return java class
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class does not exists in the classpath
     */
    public static Class<?> loadClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        try {
            return Class.forName(name);
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            throw e;
        }
    }
}

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