Java: Load class from string

Question

I know this has probably something to do with class loaders, however I couldn\'t find an example (it might be I\'m google-ing for the wrong keywords.

I am trying to

Answer 1

At first you need to compile your code, for example using compiler API: ( http://www.accordess.com/wpblog/an-overview-of-java-compilation-api-jsr-199/, http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/tools/package-summary.html). And after it load compiled class with ClassLoader ( http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/ClassLoader.html )