loading the class

Question

3.00/5 (1 vote)

See more:

Hi all,

I have few doubts. Please correct me if I am wrong.

(1) " I've read so many forums and they say Class.forname("X") will load the class X into memory or register your class. In javadocs, they say a call to forName("X") causes the class named X to be initialized. " in this context, initialization of class is same as loading the class into memory ?

(2) invoking the class means creating the instance (object) of the class.

Posted 28-Jan-10 7:03am

jazy_smith

Add a Solution

1 solution

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-28T09:35:00

Solution 1

This call returns the runtime Class object; this is not the same as an instance of the class. This allows you to get information about a particular class through reflection, which in turn allows you to access fields or methods of a class dynamically.

Posted 28-Jan-10 9:35am

Richard MacCutchan