Class.forName()

[Saurabh Naik]

Hello Ranchers..

I am confused in Class.forName() method.. As per my knowledge after calling this method it gets availabe class file of particular driver. e.g - OracleDriver.class . but we never invoked any method on it. so what is the use of it. please explain ..

Thanks in Advance

[Balu Sadhasivam]

Saurabh,

Class.forName() is used to load classes. When a class is loaded , it calls static initializes block. And drivers like OracleDriver when loaded , initializes in static initializers and registers itself with DriverManager. HTH

[dariyoosh za]

Saurabh Naik wrote:Hello Ranchers..

I am confused in Class.forName() method.. As per my knowledge after calling this method it gets availabe class file of particular driver. e.g - OracleDriver.class . but we never invoked any method on it. so what is the use of it. please explain ..

Thanks in Advance

Hello there,

Since JDBC 4.0, there is no more need to call this method, as DriverManager does automatic driver loading (as long as the drivers are accessible to the current classpath)

Regards,

[Jan Cumps]

dariyoosh za wrote:Since JDBC 4.0, there is no more need to call this method, as DriverManager does automatic driver loading (as long as the drivers are accessible to the current classpath)

Ah. I love the ranch. Didn't know about this. Thank you for the info.