Class.forName() significance

[John David]

hi folks i want to know the real significance of the method class.forName()?
can we use it for load classes other than jdbc ?
awaiting for eloberated reply..
thanks

[Paul Clapham]

Yes.

If you want me to elaborate, yes, you can use it to load any class.

[Rahul Bhattacharjee]

You can use it to create object at runtime , just by the classname.(and offcourse the .class file should be there in the classpath )