Java Class.forName() from distant directory
class, classloader, classnotfoundexception, classpath, java
Solution
Use an `URLClassLoader` for this. The code might be something along the lines of:
File f = new File("C:/dir");
URL[] cp = {f.toURI().toURL()};
URLClassLoader urlcl = new URLClassLoader(cp);
Class clazz = urlcl.loadClass("distantinterfaces.DistantClass");
Problem
I am currently loading Java classes using `Class.forName()` to load it. ``` clazz = Class.forName("interfaces.MyClass"); ``` But now I want to load classes from different directory, I have tried to set classpath by ``` clazz = Class.forName("-cp \"C:/dir\" distantinterfaces.DistantClass"); ``` With no success and `ClassNotFoundException`. Full path to distant class is: ``` C:/dir/distantinterfaces/DistantClass.class ```