/**     * Returns the <code>Class</code> object associated with the class or     * interface with the given string name.  Invoking this method is     * equivalent to:     *     * <blockquote><pre>     *  Class.forName(className, true, currentLoader)     * </pre></blockquote>     *     * where <code>currentLoader</code> denotes the defining class loader of     * the current class.     *     * <p> For example, the following code fragment returns the     * runtime <code>Class</code> descriptor for the class named     * <code>java.lang.Thread</code>:     *     * <blockquote><pre>     *   Class&nbsp;t&nbsp;= Class.forName("java.lang.Thread")     * </pre></blockquote>     * <p>     * A call to <tt>forName("X")</tt> causes the class named      * <tt>X</tt> to be initialized.     *     * @param      className   the fully qualified name of the desired class.     * @return     the <code>Class</code> object for the class with the     *             specified name.     * @exception LinkageError if the linkage fails     * @exception ExceptionInInitializerError if the initialization provoked     *            by this method fails     * @exception ClassNotFoundException if the class cannot be located     */    public static Class<?> forName(String className)                 throws ClassNotFoundException {        return forName0(className, true, ClassLoader.getCallerClassLoader());    }

    /** Called after security checks have been made. */    private static native Class forName0(String name, boolean initialize,                        ClassLoader loader)    throws ClassNotFoundException;