class Class, package java.lang; rt.jar

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/**
 * Returns the {@code Class} object associated with the class or
 * interface with the given string name.  Invoking this method is
 * equivalent to:
 *
 * <blockquote>
 *  {@code Class.forName(className, true, currentLoader)}
 * </blockquote>
 *
 * where {@code currentLoader} denotes the defining class loader of
 * the current class.
 *
 * <p> For example, the following code fragment returns the
 * runtime {@code Class} descriptor for the class named
 * {@code java.lang.Thread}:
 *
 * <blockquote>
 *   {@code Class t = Class.forName("java.lang.Thread")}
 * </blockquote>
 * <p>
 * A call to {@code forName("X")} causes the class named
 * {@code X} to be initialized.
 *
 * @param      className   the fully qualified name of the desired class.
 * @return     the {@code Class} object for the class with the
 *             specified name.
 * @exception LinkageError if the linkage fails
 * @exception ExceptionInInitializerError if the initialization provoked
 *            by this method fails
 * @exception ClassNotFoundException if the class cannot be located
 */
@CallerSensitive
public static Class<?> forName(String className)
            throws ClassNotFoundException {
    Class<?> caller = Reflection.getCallerClass();
    return forName0(className, true, ClassLoader.getClassLoader(caller), caller);
}

/** Called after security check for system loader access checks have been made. */
private static native Class<?> forName0(String name, boolean initialize,
                                        ClassLoader loader,
                                        Class<?> caller)
    throws ClassNotFoundException;