jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java
/**
* Returns the {@code Class} object associated with the class or
* interface with the given string name, using the given class loader.
* Given the fully qualified name for a class or interface (in the same
* format returned by {@code getName}) this method attempts to
* locate, load, and link the class or interface. The specified class
* loader is used to load the class or interface. If the parameter
* {@code loader} is null, the class is loaded through the bootstrap
* class loader. The class is initialized only if the
* {@code initialize} parameter is {@code true} and if it has
* not been initialized earlier.
*
* <p> If {@code name} denotes a primitive type or void, an attempt
* will be made to locate a user-defined class in the unnamed package whose
* name is {@code name}. Therefore, this method cannot be used to
* obtain any of the {@code Class} objects representing primitive
* types or void.
*
* <p> If {@code name} denotes an array class, the component type of
* the array class is loaded but not initialized.
*
* <p> For example, in an instance method the expression:
*
* <blockquote>
* {@code Class.forName("Foo")}
* </blockquote>
*
* is equivalent to:
*
* <blockquote>
* {@code Class.forName("Foo", true, this.getClass().getClassLoader())}
* </blockquote>
*
* Note that this method throws errors related to loading, linking or
* initializing as specified in Sections 12.2, 12.3 and 12.4 of <em>The
* Java Language Specification</em>.
* Note that this method does not check whether the requested class
* is accessible to its caller.
*
* <p> If the {@code loader} is {@code null}, and a security
* manager is present, and the caller's class loader is not null, then this
* method calls the security manager's {@code checkPermission} method
* with a {@code RuntimePermission("getClassLoader")} permission to
* ensure it's ok to access the bootstrap class loader.
*
* @param name fully qualified name of the desired class
* @param initialize whether the class must be initialized
* @param loader class loader from which the class must be loaded
* @return class object representing the desired class
*
* @exception LinkageError if the linkage fails
* @exception ExceptionInInitializerError if the initialization provoked
* by this method fails
* @exception ClassNotFoundException if the class cannot be located by
* the specified class loader
*
* @see java.lang.Class#forName(String)
* @see java.lang.ClassLoader
* @since 1.2
*/
public static Class<?> forName(String name, boolean initialize,
ClassLoader loader)
throws ClassNotFoundException
{
{- -------------------------------------------
(1) 引数で bootstrap class loader を使うよう指定されている場合は,
もし SecurityManager が登録されていれば, チェックを行う.
---------------------------------------- -}
if (loader == null) {
SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
if (sm != null) {
ClassLoader ccl = ClassLoader.getCallerClassLoader();
if (ccl != null) {
sm.checkPermission(
SecurityConstants.GET_CLASSLOADER_PERMISSION);
}
}
}
{- -------------------------------------------
(1) java.lang.Class.forName0() を呼び出し, 結果をリターン.
---------------------------------------- -}
return forName0(name, initialize, loader);
}
This document is available under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2.