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1. Instantiate singleton object using Class.forName()?    stackoverflow.com

I want to instantiate one instance of a class from the string name of the class. ( using Class.forName().newInstance(). ) Here's the problem: I want that instance to be a singleton.. I could do ...

2. Intializing a class with Class.forName() and which have a constructor which takes arguments    stackoverflow.com

I am instantiating a class like this.

myObj = (myObj) Class.forName("fully qualified class name here").newInstance();

3. Using Class.forName() with constructor arguments    coderanch.com

Class.forName() load a class; I think you're thinking of Class.newInstance() which creates an instance of that class. But the answer to your question is absolutely "yes". You can call the "getConstructors" method of the Class object returned from Class.forName() to get a list of java.lang.reflect.Constructor objects. This class has a newInstance() method that lets you pass arguments to the constructor.