ClassLoader.FindClass(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Java.Lang

Assembly:: Mono.Android.dll

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Finds the class with the specified binary name.

[Android.Runtime.Register("findClass", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/Class;", "GetFindClass_Ljava_lang_String_Handler")]
protected virtual Java.Lang.Class? FindClass (string? name);

[<Android.Runtime.Register("findClass", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/Class;", "GetFindClass_Ljava_lang_String_Handler")>]
abstract member FindClass : string -> Java.Lang.Class
override this.FindClass : string -> Java.Lang.Class

Parameters

name: String

The binary name of the class

Returns

Class

The resulting Class object

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Exceptions

ClassNotFoundException

if the class cannot be found.

Remarks

Finds the class with the specified binary name. This method should be overridden by class loader implementations that follow the delegation model for loading classes, and will be invoked by the #loadClass <tt>loadClass</tt> method after checking the parent class loader for the requested class. The default implementation throws a ClassNotFoundException.

Added in 1.2.

Java documentation for java.lang.ClassLoader.findClass(java.lang.String).

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Applies to