Error while creating class object using string in java

Question

While creating an object of using Class.forName() I am getting following Errors. Can you please confirm where I am doing wrong.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: ABC
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
    at RandomPrograms.ClassObjectFromString.main(ClassObjectFromString.java:32)

ClassObjectFromString.java

import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;

class ABC {
    ABC() {
        System.out.println("ABC called!!! ");
    }
    ABC(String a) {
        System.out.println("ABC called : " + a);
    }
}

class ClassObjectFromString {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        Class<?> clazz = Class.forName("ABC");
        Constructor<?> ctor = clazz.getConstructor(String.class);
        Object object = ctor.newInstance(new Object[] { "Message" });
    }
}

Moritz Petersen · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-13 13:51:01Z

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public static Class<?> forName(String className)

Provide the fully qualified name of the desired class which includes your package name too. So it will we RandomPrograms.ABC

edited Dec 13, 2013 at 13:51

Moritz Petersen

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answered Dec 13, 2013 at 13:48

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Oren · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-13 13:56:39Z

There are a few things wrong here:

You need to use the fully qualified class name in the form 'packageName.className'.
Your constructors need to be declared public for reflection to work.

So your code should look like (assuming package name is RandomPrograms, replace with yours as needed):

public class ClassObjectFromString {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        Class<?> clazz = Class.forName("RandomPrograms.ABC");
        Constructor<?> ctor = clazz.getConstructor(String.class);
        Object object = ctor.newInstance(new Object[] { "Message" });
    }

}

class ABC {
    public ABC() {
        System.out.println("ABC called!!! ");
    }
    public ABC(String a) {
        System.out.println("ABC called : " + a);
    }
}

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