Returns the Class object associated with the class or interface with the given string name, using the given class loader. Given the fully qualified name for a class or interface (in the same format returned by getName) this method attempts to locate, load, and link the class or interface. The specified class loader is used to load the class or interface. If the parameter loader is null, the class is loaded through the bootstrap class loader. The class is initialized only if the initialize parameter is true and if it has not been initialized earlier.

If name denotes a primitive type or void, an attempt will be made to locate a user-defined class in the unnamed package whose name is name. Therefore, this method cannot be used to obtain any of the Class objects representing primitive types or void.

If name denotes an array class, the component type of the array class is loaded but not initialized.

For example, in an instance method the expression:

Class.forName("Foo")

is equivalent to:

Class.forName("Foo", true, this.getClass().getClassLoader())

Note that this method throws errors related to loading, linking or initializing as specified in Sections 12.2, 12.3 and 12.4 of The Java Language Specification. Note that this method does not check whether the requested class is accessible to its caller.

Parameters:

name     fully qualified name of the desired class

initialize     if true the class will be initialized. See Section 12.4 of The Java Language Specification.

loader     class loader from which the class must be loaded

Returns: class object representing the desired class

Exceptions:

LinkageError     if the linkage fails

ExceptionInInitializerError     if the initialization provoked by this method fails

ClassNotFoundException     if the class cannot be located by the specified class loader

SecurityException     if a security manager is present, and the loader is null, and the caller's class loader is not null, and the caller does not have the RuntimePermission ("getClassLoader")

Since: 1.2

`name`		fully qualified name of the desired class
`initialize`		if `true` the class will be initialized. See Section 12.4 of The Java Language Specification.
`loader`		class loader from which the class must be loaded

`LinkageError`		if the linkage fails
`ExceptionInInitializerError`		if the initialization provoked by this method fails
`ClassNotFoundException`		if the class cannot be located by the specified class loader
`SecurityException`		if a security manager is present, and the `loader` is `null`, and the caller's class loader is not `null`, and the caller does not have the `RuntimePermission` `("getClassLoader")`