How can you get the class object from a class name?

How can you get the class object from a class name?

There are 3 ways to get the object of a Class class. They are as follows:

1 forName() method of Class class

Used to load the class dynamically.
Returns the instance of Class class.
It should be used if you know the fully qualified name of class.This cannot be used for primitive types.

Example of forName() method

class Demo{}

class Test{

public static void main(String args[]){

Class c=Class.forName("Demo");

System.out.println(c.getName());

}

}

It returns the instance of Class class. It should be used if you know the type. Moreover, it can be used with primitives.

Example of getClass() method

class Demo{}

class Test{

void printName(Object obj){

Class c=obj.getClass();

System.out.println(c.getName());

}

public static void main(String args[]){

Demo d=new Demo();

Test t=new Test();

t.printName(d);

}

}

3 The .class syntax

If a type is available but there is no instance then it is possible to obtain a Class by appending ".class" to the name of the type.It can be used for primitive data type also.

Example of .class syntax

class Test{

public static void main(String args[]){

Class c = boolean.class;

System.out.println(c.getName());

Class c1 = Test.class;

System.out.println(c1.getName());

}

}