Re: Class Literal ???

From:

Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.spamfilter@virtualinfinity.net>

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Date:

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:42:16 -0700

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On 3/17/2010 5:25 PM, TheBigPJ wrote:

Thanks all for the replies.

---Correct Syntax---

Class x = MyClass.class; //Right way of doing it
(Or rather adhering to the generic way of life:)
Class<MyClass> x = MyClass.class; //Right way of doing it

http://mindprod.com/jgloss/classforname.html
-'Uses of classForName'
http://www.codeguru.com/java/tij/tij0120.shtml
- 'The Class object'

---Validation of my understanding---

Your files:
a.class
b.class
c.class
abc.java
abc.class
newsgroup.java
newsgroup.class

Class abc{
public void method1 (String theName)
{
//TO DO: Insert if class exists check. try block etc..
Class<theName> theTempClass = theName.class;
}

Nope, you've still got the wrong idea.

The class literal is a compile time concept. You are mixing Strings and
runtime objects into the mix unintentially.

Class<MyClass> myClassObject = MyClass.class;

You can't use ".class" on ordinary strings. For that you will need:

Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(theName);

}

Class newsgroup{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
  abc theTest = new abc();
  theTest.method("a");
  theTest.method("b");
   //The General Idea
}
}

I think I get it now :)
If not please do comment and rip me to shreads :s

Shred'd

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