How do I use a String as a reference to a Class using reflection?

Asked Aug 15 '14 at 16:58

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I'm building a String parser that parses a file, gets stuff, and does stuff with the stuff. Mainly, I am trying to reference classes from that file. If that file had some text:

"Class1"

How could I interpret the String as a Class within the program to then invoke a method?

edited Aug 15 '14 at 17:07

asked Aug 15 '14 at 16:58

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Well do you know which class declares the method? Look at the documentation for `Class.getDeclaredMethods` etc. – Jon Skeet Aug 15 '14 at 16:59
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html – Sotirios Delimanolis Aug 15 '14 at 16:59
the question has now changed. not a duplicate anymore! – AMDG Aug 15 '14 at 17:07
Way to change the question completely. (Don't forget your title.) It is now a duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2408789/getting-class-type-from-string – Sotirios Delimanolis Aug 15 '14 at 17:12

How do I use a String as a reference to a Class using reflection?

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