带有类名称的字符串并获取Class.class

Question

I've a string containing the class name but I want to get the Xyz.class

Like this:

String className = "Xyz"

public Class getTheClass(className){

(what do I need to do here?)

return Xyz.class;
}

I know it has to do with reflection but it is not working the way I've been trying to do which is like this:

public Class getObjectClass(String className) throws Exception
{
    Class c = Class.forName(className);
    return c.getClass();
}

But I'm getting:

java.lang.Class

And I want Xyz.class

Answer 1

You don't need to call getClass() here, because c is already a Class .

public Class getObjectClass(String className) throws Exception {
    Class c = Class.forName(className);
    return c;
}

If you use getClass() , then you're getting the class of a Class object, which is, of course, java.lang.Class .

Answer 2

Use:

return c;

Instead of

return c.getClass();