Java Glossary : Dynamic Class Loading

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Dynamic Class Loading

You can dynamically load a class, and create objects of that class just by knowing its name as a String. Typically you would cast the objects created to some interface so that you could invoke methods on it.

Class c = Class.forName( "com.mindprod.mypackage.Myclass" );
Thing t = ( Thing )c.newInstance( );
t.doSomething();

Class.forName ¤ static

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