Get the class By way of a string : Class « Reflection « Java

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Java » Reflection » Class Screenshots  Get the class By way of a string        public class Main {   public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {     Object object = new String();     try {       Class cls = Class.forName("java.lang.String");     } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {     }   } }                                 Related examples in the same category 1.  Class Reflection: class modifier 2.  Class Reflection: class name 3.  Class Reflection: name for super class 4.  Object Reflection: create new instance 5.  Class reflection 6.  This class shows using Reflection to get a field from another class 7.  Show the class keyword and getClass() method in action 8.  Simple Demonstration of a ClassLoader WILL NOT COMPILE OUT OF THE BOX 9.  Demonstrate classFor to create an instance of an object 10.  CrossRef prints a cross-reference about all classes named in argv 11.  Make up a compilable version of a given Sun or other API 12.  Show a couple of things you can do with a Class object 13.  Reflect1 shows the information about the class named in argv 14.  Show that you can, in fact, take the class of a primitive 15.  JavaP prints structural information about classes 16.  Object Inspector 17.  Provides a set of static methods that extend the Java metaobject 18.  Demonstration of speed of reflexive versus programmatic invocation 19.  Use reflection to get console char set 20.  Load the class source location from Class.getResource() 21.  Access the enclosing class from an inner class 22.  Use reflection to dynamically discover the capabilities of a class. 23.  Get the class By way of .class 24.  Return a String representation of an object's overall identity 25.  Manipulate Java class files in strange and mysterious ways 26.  Class file reader for obtaining the parameter names for declared methods in a class 27.  Convert a given String into the appropriate Class. 28.  Manipulate Java classes 29.  Encapsulates a class serialVersionUID and codebase. 30.  Dump a class using Reflection