Java Class Load classForName(String className)

Description

Tries to load the class with the current context class loader, and only then with the current defining class loader.

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Class classForName(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  www .j  a v  a 2 s .  c  o  m
 * Copyright 2014 Attila Szegedi, Daniel Dekany, Jonathan Revusky
 * 
 * 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 {
    /**
     * Tries to load the class with the current context class loader,
     * and only then with the current defining class loader.
     */
    public static Class classForName(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        try {
            return Class.forName(className, true, Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            ; // ignored
        } catch (SecurityException e) {
            ; // ignored
        }
        return Class.forName(className);
    }
}

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