Java Class.getClassLoader()
Syntax
Class.getClassLoader() has the following syntax.
public ClassLoader getClassLoader()
Example
In the following code shows how to use Class.getClassLoader() method.
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public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Class cls = Class.forName("java.lang.String");
// returns the ClassLoader object associated with this Class.
ClassLoader cLoader = cls.getClassLoader();
if (cLoader == null) {
System.out.println("The default system class was used.");
} else {
// returns the class loader
Class loaderClass = cLoader.getClass();
System.out.println(loaderClass.getName());
}
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
