What is Class.forName()?

[priya01]

What is Class.forName()?

[Garrysmith]

A call to Class.forName("X") causes the class named X to be dynamically loaded (at runtime). A call to forName("X") causes the class named X to be initialized (i.e., JVM executes all its static block after class loading). Class.forName("X") returns the Class object associated with the "X" class. The returned Class object is not an instance of the "x" class itself.

[rationalweb]

A call to Class.forName("X") causes the class named X to be dynamically loaded (at runtime). A call to forName("X") causes the class named X to be initialized.

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[Thoughtgrid]

This will given fully qualified name of class,this method attempts locate,load and link the class, this function succeed reference to the class object for class if it fails class not found exception thrown this is an main process of an Class.for Name() function.

[jeffronald19]

The java.lang.Class.forName(String name, boolean initialize, ClassLoader loader) method returns the Class object associated with the class or interface with the given string name, using the given class loader. The specified class loader is used to load the class or interface.

[giftsdaniel]

The java.lang.Class.forName method returns the Class object associated with the class or interface with the given string name, using the given class loader. The specified class loader is used to load the class or interface.

[jenisha]

It is used to load the class and it also provides a new way for creating the instance of a class without using the "new" operator. We can use newInstance() to get the instance

[pxljobs]

These will helpful to load the class into the class loader..

[ewastecompany2]

forName() is used to load the class at runTime. when we could not decide which class to load

[osforum4]

This method returns the class object representing the desired class.

[damponting44]

The java.lang.Class.forName(String name, boolean instate, ClassLoader loader) strategy restores the Class protest related with the class or interface with the given string name, utilizing the given class loader. The predefined class loader is utilized to stack the class or interface.