get Class By Name

I've got a pretty straightforward question,

How can I get a class using it's name as a string? I saw this being used by a method in JavaPluginLoader (getClassByName(String)). However I can't find a way to actually get the JavaPluginLoader.


Hope somone can help me out.
Greets,
Jeroen V.

 

JeroenV

Code:java

 
Class<?> clazz = Class.forName("class-name");

Please try and use google before posting for help here.

 

I did, for an hour actually. I guess I just got stuck too much with trying to use the JavaPluginLoader and focusses everything on that. I didn't know I could simply get it like that. Please excuse me for my ignorance.

So something like this would work, right?

Code:

   
 
    Class var = "FireScheduler".getClass();  OR  Class<?> var = Class.forName("class-name");
    Method meth = foo.getMethod("doSchedulerCode");
    meth.invoke(meth, null);

 

JeroenV
Don't use the first method, my guess would be that it would return the String class, which you don't want. Try the one I suggested, remember to specify the package. Eg.

Code:java

 
Class clazz = Class.forName("com.adamki11s.myclass");
 

 

Alright, thank you very much for helping me out with this