How to get a Class Object from the Class Name in Java

Question

I know the class name, say \"MyClass\" and want to retrieve the Class object, ie. MyClass.class for future references. Is ther

Answer 1

It's also worth noting that the above suggestions are correct, but will only work for default (parameterless) constructors. You could also do something like:

    public Object newInstance(String className, Object...args) throws Exception {
        Class clazz = Class.forName(className);
        if(args == null || args.length == 0) {
            return clazz.newInstance();
        }

        List> argTypes = new ArrayList>();
        for(Object object : args) {
            argTypes.add(object.getClass());
        }
        Constructor explicitConstructor = clazz.getConstructor(argTypes.toArray(new Class[argTypes.size()]));
        return explicitConstructor.newInstance(args);
    }