Java Class Load loadClassByName(final String className, final ClassLoader loader)

Description

Loads a class by name

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
className	The class name
loader	The optional class loader

Return

The class of null if the name could not be resolved

Declaration

public static Class<?> loadClassByName(final String className, final ClassLoader loader) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w w  w . ja v a2s  .c o m*/
 * Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
 *
 * 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 {
    /**
     * Loads a class by name
     * @param className The class name
     * @param loader The optional class loader
     * @return The class of null if the name could not be resolved
     */
    public static Class<?> loadClassByName(final String className, final ClassLoader loader) {
        try {
            if (loader != null) {
                return Class.forName(className, true, loader);
            }
            return Class.forName(className);
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

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4. loadClass(String theClassName, Class theReferrer)
5. loadClass(T instance)
6. loadClassByName(String className)
7. loadClassElseThrow(final String enumType)
8. loadClassFromClassLoader( String fillyQualifiedClassName)
9. loadClassFromContextClassLoader(String theClassName)