Question

What does Class.forName(“myreflection.Foo”).getInstance() return?

(a) An array of Foo objects

(b) class object of Foo

(c) Calls the getInstance() method of Foo class

(d) Foo object

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This key question is from Reflection API topic in division Session Management, JSP & API of Java

Answer 1

Correct option is (d) Foo object

To explain: Class.forName(“myreflection.Foo”) returns the class object of Foo and getInstance() would return a new object.