Get the class from a string in Java

Description

The following code shows how to get the class from a string.

Example


/*from w w w.  j  av a 2 s .co  m*/
public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    Object object = new String();

    try {
      Class cls = Class.forName("java.lang.String");
      System.out.println(cls);
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
    }
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.





















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