Re:Class.forName()

[Sujith Kanaparthi]

Hi ,

I have a query.The function forName(String className) of java.lang.Class returns class object associated with the given string.Every return type must be caught.But if I write a programm such as


public class Demo{
public static void main(String arg[]){
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");//this function returns class object
/* code to manipulate database */


}
}

Eventhough I have not caught the returned class object,like Class m = Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver")), the program is working fine.I just want to know how is this possible and why is this happening?.Please clarify my doubt.

Regards,
Sujith

[Paul Sturrock]

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