Package java.lang

Class Class<T>

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Class<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Modified

public final class Class<T>
extends Object
implements Serializable, Modified

The in-memory representation of a Java class. This is maily a stub, as we currently do not support reflection.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Class<?>	forName(String className)	Returns a Class object which represents the class with the given name.
String	getName()	Returns the name of the class represented by this Class.
String	toString()	Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode

Method Detail

forName

public static Class<?> forName(String className)
                        throws ClassNotFoundException

Returns a Class object which represents the class with the given name. The name should be the name of a non-primitive class, as described in the class definition. Primitive types can not be found using this method; use int.class or Integer.TYPE instead.

If the class has not yet been loaded, it is loaded and initialized first. This is done through either the class loader of the calling class or one of its parent class loaders. It is possible that a static initializer is run as a result of this call.

Parameters:

className - Name of the class.

Returns:

Class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if the requested class can not be found.

LinkageError - if an error occurs during linkage

java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError - if an exception occurs during static initialization of a class.

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of the class represented by this Class. For a description of the format which is used, see the class definition of Class.

Returns:

Name of the class.

toString

public String toString()

Description copied from class: Object

Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object. Subclasses are encouraged to override this method and provide an implementation that takes into account the object's type and data.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a printable representation of this object.