Java class instantiate

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What are all the different ways to create an object in Java?

what are the different ways that i can instantiate a class in Java other than new operator?

Answer 1

You can create a new object through reflection. Example:

Class cls = Class.forName("Foo");
Foo foo = cls.newInstance();

Other methods are cloning and deserialization, as you can see in the answers of this question: What are all the different ways to create an object in Java?