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Uses of Class
java.lang.Class

Packages that use Class

java.awt	Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images.
java.awt.datatransfer	Provides interfaces and classes for transferring data between and within applications.
java.awt.dnd	Drag and Drop is a direct manipulation gesture found in many Graphical User Interface systems that provides a mechanism to transfer information between two entities logically associated with presentation elements in the GUI.
java.awt.image.renderable	Provides classes and interfaces for producing rendering-independent images.
java.beans	Contains classes related to developing beans -- components based on the JavaBeansTM architecture.
java.beans.beancontext	Provides classes and interfaces relating to bean context.
java.io	Provides for system input and output through data streams, serialization and the file system.
java.lang	Provides classes that are fundamental to the design of the Java programming language.
java.lang.annotation	Provides library support for the Java programming language annotation facility.
java.lang.instrument	Provides services that allow Java programming language agents to instrument programs running on the JVM.
java.lang.management	Provides the management interface for monitoring and management of the Java virtual machine as well as the operating system on which the Java virtual machine is running.
java.lang.reflect	Provides classes and interfaces for obtaining reflective information about classes and objects.
java.net	Provides the classes for implementing networking applications.
java.rmi.server	Provides classes and interfaces for supporting the server side of RMI.
java.security	Provides the classes and interfaces for the security framework.
java.sql	Provides the API for accessing and processing data stored in a data source (usually a relational database) using the JavaTM programming language.
java.util	Contains the collections framework, legacy collection classes, event model, date and time facilities, internationalization, and miscellaneous utility classes (a string tokenizer, a random-number generator, and a bit array).
java.util.concurrent.atomic	A small toolkit of classes that support lock-free thread-safe programming on single variables.
java.util.prefs	This package allows applications to store and retrieve user and system preference and configuration data.
javax.activation
javax.annotation.processing	Facilities for declaring annotation processors and for allowing annotation processors to communicate with an annotation processing tool environment.
javax.crypto	Provides the classes and interfaces for cryptographic operations.
javax.imageio.metadata	A package of the Java Image I/O API dealing with reading and writing metadata.
javax.imageio.spi	A package of the Java Image I/O API containing the plug-in interfaces for readers, writers, transcoders, and streams, and a runtime registry.
javax.lang.model.element	Interfaces used to model elements of the Java programming language.
javax.management	Provides the core classes for the Java Management Extensions.
javax.management.loading	Provides the classes which implement advanced dynamic loading.
javax.management.openmbean	Provides the open data types and Open MBean descriptor classes.
javax.naming.spi	Provides the means for dynamically plugging in support for accessing naming and directory services through the javax.naming and related packages.
javax.print	Provides the principal classes and interfaces for the JavaTM Print Service API.
javax.print.attribute	Provides classes and interfaces that describe the types of JavaTM Print Service attributes and how they can be collected into attribute sets.
javax.print.attribute.standard	Package javax.print.attribute.standard contains classes for specific printing attributes.
javax.rmi	Contains user APIs for RMI-IIOP.
javax.rmi.CORBA	Contains portability APIs for RMI-IIOP.
javax.script	The scripting API consists of interfaces and classes that define Java TM Scripting Engines and provides a framework for their use in Java applications.
javax.security.auth	This package provides a framework for authentication and authorization.
javax.sound.midi	Provides interfaces and classes for I/O, sequencing, and synthesis of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) data.
javax.sound.sampled	Provides interfaces and classes for capture, processing, and playback of sampled audio data.
javax.sql	Provides the API for server side data source access and processing from the JavaTM programming language.
javax.sql.rowset	Standard interfaces and base classes for JDBC RowSet implementations.
javax.sql.rowset.serial	Provides utility classes to allow serializable mappings between SQL types and data types in the Java programming language.
javax.swing	Provides a set of "lightweight" (all-Java language) components that, to the maximum degree possible, work the same on all platforms.
javax.swing.event	Provides for events fired by Swing components.
javax.swing.plaf.synth	Synth is a skinnable look and feel in which all painting is delegated.
javax.swing.table	Provides classes and interfaces for dealing with javax.swing.JTable.
javax.swing.text	Provides classes and interfaces that deal with editable and noneditable text components.
javax.swing.tree	Provides classes and interfaces for dealing with javax.swing.JTree.
javax.xml.bind	Provides a runtime binding framework for client applications including unmarshalling, marshalling, and validation capabilities.
javax.xml.bind.helpers	JAXB Provider Use Only: Provides partial default implementations for some of the javax.xml.bind interfaces.
javax.xml.ws	This package contains the core JAX-WS APIs.
javax.xml.ws.spi	This package defines SPIs for JAX-WS 2.0.
org.omg.CORBA	Provides the mapping of the OMG CORBA APIs to the JavaTM programming language, including the class ORB, which is implemented so that a programmer can use it as a fully-functional Object Request Broker (ORB).
org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable	Provides methods for the input and output of value types, and contains other updates to the org/omg/CORBA/portable package.
org.omg.CORBA.portable	Provides a portability layer, that is, a set of ORB APIs that makes it possible for code generated by one vendor to run on another vendor's ORB.
org.omg.DynamicAny	Provides classes and interfaces that enable traversal of the data value associated with an any at runtime, and extraction of the primitive constituents of the data value.
org.omg.PortableServer	Provides classes and interfaces for making the server side of your applications portable across multivendor ORBs.

Uses of Class in java.awt

Methods in java.awt with parameters of type Class

<T extends DragGestureRecognizer> T	Toolkit.createDragGestureRecognizer(Class<T> abstractRecognizerClass, DragSource ds, Component c, int srcActions, DragGestureListener dgl) Creates a concrete, platform dependent, subclass of the abstract DragGestureRecognizer class requested, and associates it with the DragSource, Component and DragGestureListener specified.
<T extends EventListener> T[]	Window.getListeners(Class<T> listenerType) Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this Window.
<T extends EventListener> T[]	TextField.getListeners(Class<T> listenerType) Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this TextField.
<T extends EventListener> T[]	TextComponent.getListeners(Class<T> listenerType) Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this TextComponent.
<T extends EventListener> T[]	Scrollbar.getListeners(Class<T> listenerType) Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this Scrollbar.
<T extends EventListener> T[]	MenuItem.getListeners(Class<T> listenerType) Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this MenuItem.
<T extends EventListener> T[]	List.getListeners(Class<T> listenerType) Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this List.
<T extends EventListener> T[]	Container.getListeners(Class<T> listenerType) Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this Container.
<T extends EventListener> T[]	Component.getListeners(Class<T> listenerType) Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this Component.
<T extends EventListener> T[]	Choice.getListeners(Class<T> listenerType) Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this Choice.
<T extends EventListener> T[]	CheckboxMenuItem.getListeners(Class<T> listenerType) Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this CheckboxMenuItem.
<T extends EventListener> T[]	Checkbox.getListeners(Class<T> listenerType) Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this Checkbox.
<T extends EventListener> T[]	Button.getListeners(Class<T> listenerType) Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this Button.
static <T extends EventListener> T[]	AWTEventMulticaster.getListeners(EventListener l, Class<T> listenerType) Returns an array of all the objects chained as FooListeners by the specified java.util.EventListener.
protected static void	AWTKeyStroke.registerSubclass(Class<?> subclass) Registers a new class which the factory methods in AWTKeyStroke will use when generating new instances of AWTKeyStrokes.

Uses of Class in java.awt.datatransfer

Methods in java.awt.datatransfer that return Class

Class<?>	DataFlavor.getDefaultRepresentationClass()
Class<?>	DataFlavor.getRepresentationClass() Returns the Class which objects supporting this DataFlavor will return when this DataFlavor is requested.
protected static Class<?>	DataFlavor.tryToLoadClass(String className, ClassLoader fallback) Tries to load a class from: the bootstrap loader, the system loader, the context loader (if one is present) and finally the loader specified.

Constructors in java.awt.datatransfer with parameters of type Class

DataFlavor(Class<?> representationClass, String humanPresentableName)
Constructs a DataFlavor that represents a Java class.

Uses of Class in java.awt.dnd

Methods in java.awt.dnd with parameters of type Class

<T extends DragGestureRecognizer> T	DragSource.createDragGestureRecognizer(Class<T> recognizerAbstractClass, Component c, int actions, DragGestureListener dgl) Creates a new DragGestureRecognizer that implements the specified abstract subclass of DragGestureRecognizer, and sets the specified Component and DragGestureListener on the newly created object.
<T extends EventListener> T[]	DragSource.getListeners(Class<T> listenerType) Gets all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this DragSource.

Uses of Class in java.awt.image.renderable

Methods in java.awt.image.renderable that return Class

Class[]

ParameterBlock.getParamClasses() Returns an array of Class objects describing the types of the parameters.

Uses of Class in java.beans

Methods in java.beans that return Class

Class<?>	BeanDescriptor.getBeanClass() Gets the bean's Class object.
Class<?>	BeanDescriptor.getCustomizerClass() Gets the Class object for the bean's customizer.
Class<?>	IndexedPropertyDescriptor.getIndexedPropertyType() Gets the Class object of the indexed properties' type.
Class<?>	EventSetDescriptor.getListenerType() Gets the Class object for the target interface.
Class<?>	PropertyDescriptor.getPropertyEditorClass() Gets any explicit PropertyEditor Class that has been registered for this property.
Class<?>	PropertyDescriptor.getPropertyType() Gets the Class object for the property.

Methods in java.beans with parameters of type Class

static <T> T	EventHandler.create(Class<T> listenerInterface, Object target, String action) Creates an implementation of listenerInterface in which all of the methods in the listener interface apply the handler's action to the target.
static <T> T	EventHandler.create(Class<T> listenerInterface, Object target, String action, String eventPropertyName) /** Creates an implementation of listenerInterface in which all of the methods pass the value of the event expression, eventPropertyName, to the final method in the statement, action, which is applied to the target.
static <T> T	EventHandler.create(Class<T> listenerInterface, Object target, String action, String eventPropertyName, String listenerMethodName) Creates an implementation of listenerInterface in which the method named listenerMethodName passes the value of the event expression, eventPropertyName, to the final method in the statement, action, which is applied to the target.
static PropertyEditor	PropertyEditorManager.findEditor(Class<?> targetType) Locate a value editor for a given target type.
static void	Introspector.flushFromCaches(Class<?> clz) Flush the Introspector's internal cached information for a given class.
static BeanInfo	Introspector.getBeanInfo(Class<?> beanClass) Introspect on a Java Bean and learn about all its properties, exposed methods, and events.
static BeanInfo	Introspector.getBeanInfo(Class<?> beanClass, Class<?> stopClass) Introspect on a Java bean and learn all about its properties, exposed methods, below a given "stop" point.
static BeanInfo	Introspector.getBeanInfo(Class<?> beanClass, Class<?> stopClass) Introspect on a Java bean and learn all about its properties, exposed methods, below a given "stop" point.
static BeanInfo	Introspector.getBeanInfo(Class<?> beanClass, Class<?> stopClass, int flags) Introspect on a Java Bean and learn about all its properties, exposed methods and events, below a given stopClass point subject to some control flags.
static BeanInfo	Introspector.getBeanInfo(Class<?> beanClass, Class<?> stopClass, int flags) Introspect on a Java Bean and learn about all its properties, exposed methods and events, below a given stopClass point subject to some control flags.
static BeanInfo	Introspector.getBeanInfo(Class<?> beanClass, int flags) Introspect on a Java bean and learn about all its properties, exposed methods, and events, subject to some control flags.
static Object	Beans.getInstanceOf(Object bean, Class<?> targetType) From a given bean, obtain an object representing a specified type view of that source object.
PersistenceDelegate	Encoder.getPersistenceDelegate(Class<?> type) Returns the persistence delegate for the given type.
protected void	PersistenceDelegate.initialize(Class<?> type, Object oldInstance, Object newInstance, Encoder out) Produce a series of statements with side effects on newInstance so that the new instance becomes equivalent to oldInstance.
protected void	DefaultPersistenceDelegate.initialize(Class<?> type, Object oldInstance, Object newInstance, Encoder out) This default implementation of the initialize method assumes all state held in objects of this type is exposed via the matching pairs of "setter" and "getter" methods in the order they are returned by the Introspector.
static boolean	Beans.isInstanceOf(Object bean, Class<?> targetType) Check if a bean can be viewed as a given target type.
static void	PropertyEditorManager.registerEditor(Class<?> targetType, Class<?> editorClass) Register an editor class to be used to edit values of a given target class.
static void	PropertyEditorManager.registerEditor(Class<?> targetType, Class<?> editorClass) Register an editor class to be used to edit values of a given target class.
void	Encoder.setPersistenceDelegate(Class<?> type, PersistenceDelegate persistenceDelegate) Sets the persistence delegate associated with this type to persistenceDelegate.
void	PropertyDescriptor.setPropertyEditorClass(Class<?> propertyEditorClass) Normally PropertyEditors will be found using the PropertyEditorManager.

Constructors in java.beans with parameters of type Class

BeanDescriptor(Class<?> beanClass)
Create a BeanDescriptor for a bean that doesn't have a customizer.

BeanDescriptor(Class<?> beanClass, Class<?> customizerClass)
Create a BeanDescriptor for a bean that has a customizer.

BeanDescriptor(Class<?> beanClass, Class<?> customizerClass)
Create a BeanDescriptor for a bean that has a customizer.

EventSetDescriptor(Class<?> sourceClass, String eventSetName, Class<?> listenerType, String listenerMethodName)
Creates an EventSetDescriptor assuming that you are following the most simple standard design pattern where a named event "fred" is (1) delivered as a call on the single method of interface FredListener, (2) has a single argument of type FredEvent, and (3) where the FredListener may be registered with a call on an addFredListener method of the source component and removed with a call on a removeFredListener method.

EventSetDescriptor(Class<?> sourceClass, String eventSetName, Class<?> listenerType, String listenerMethodName)
Creates an EventSetDescriptor assuming that you are following the most simple standard design pattern where a named event "fred" is (1) delivered as a call on the single method of interface FredListener, (2) has a single argument of type FredEvent, and (3) where the FredListener may be registered with a call on an addFredListener method of the source component and removed with a call on a removeFredListener method.

EventSetDescriptor(Class<?> sourceClass, String eventSetName, Class<?> listenerType, String[] listenerMethodNames, String addListenerMethodName, String removeListenerMethodName)
Creates an EventSetDescriptor from scratch using string names.

EventSetDescriptor(Class<?> sourceClass, String eventSetName, Class<?> listenerType, String[] listenerMethodNames, String addListenerMethodName, String removeListenerMethodName)
Creates an EventSetDescriptor from scratch using string names.

EventSetDescriptor(Class<?> sourceClass, String eventSetName, Class<?> listenerType, String[] listenerMethodNames, String addListenerMethodName, String removeListenerMethodName, String getListenerMethodName)
This constructor creates an EventSetDescriptor from scratch using string names.

EventSetDescriptor(Class<?> sourceClass, String eventSetName, Class<?> listenerType, String[] listenerMethodNames, String addListenerMethodName, String removeListenerMethodName, String getListenerMethodName)
This constructor creates an EventSetDescriptor from scratch using string names.

EventSetDescriptor(String eventSetName, Class<?> listenerType, Method[] listenerMethods, Method addListenerMethod, Method removeListenerMethod)
Creates an EventSetDescriptor from scratch using java.lang.reflect.Method and java.lang.Class objects.

EventSetDescriptor(String eventSetName, Class<?> listenerType, Method[] listenerMethods, Method addListenerMethod, Method removeListenerMethod, Method getListenerMethod)
This constructor creates an EventSetDescriptor from scratch using java.lang.reflect.Method and java.lang.Class objects.

EventSetDescriptor(String eventSetName, Class<?> listenerType, MethodDescriptor[] listenerMethodDescriptors, Method addListenerMethod, Method removeListenerMethod)
Creates an EventSetDescriptor from scratch using java.lang.reflect.MethodDescriptor and java.lang.Class objects.

IndexedPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName, Class<?> beanClass)
This constructor constructs an IndexedPropertyDescriptor for a property that follows the standard Java conventions by having getFoo and setFoo accessor methods, for both indexed access and array access.

IndexedPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName, Class<?> beanClass, String readMethodName, String writeMethodName, String indexedReadMethodName, String indexedWriteMethodName)
This constructor takes the name of a simple property, and method names for reading and writing the property, both indexed and non-indexed.

PropertyDescriptor(String propertyName, Class<?> beanClass)
Constructs a PropertyDescriptor for a property that follows the standard Java convention by having getFoo and setFoo accessor methods.

PropertyDescriptor(String propertyName, Class<?> beanClass, String readMethodName, String writeMethodName)
This constructor takes the name of a simple property, and method names for reading and writing the property.

Uses of Class in java.beans.beancontext

Fields in java.beans.beancontext declared as Class

protected Class	BeanContextServiceRevokedEvent.serviceClass A Class reference to the service that is being revoked.
protected Class	BeanContextServiceAvailableEvent.serviceClass A Class reference to the newly available service

Methods in java.beans.beancontext that return Class

Class	BeanContextServiceRevokedEvent.getServiceClass() Gets the service class that is the subject of this notification
Class	BeanContextServiceAvailableEvent.getServiceClass() Gets the service class that is the subject of this notification.

Methods in java.beans.beancontext with parameters of type Class

boolean	BeanContextServicesSupport.addService(Class serviceClass, BeanContextServiceProvider bcsp) add a service
boolean	BeanContextServices.addService(Class serviceClass, BeanContextServiceProvider serviceProvider) Adds a service to this BeanContext.
protected boolean	BeanContextServicesSupport.addService(Class serviceClass, BeanContextServiceProvider bcsp, boolean fireEvent) add a service
protected static boolean	BeanContextSupport.classEquals(Class first, Class second) Tests to see if two class objects, or their names are equal.
protected static boolean	BeanContextSupport.classEquals(Class first, Class second) Tests to see if two class objects, or their names are equal.
protected BeanContextServicesSupport.BCSSServiceProvider	BeanContextServicesSupport.createBCSSServiceProvider(Class sc, BeanContextServiceProvider bcsp) subclasses can override this method to create new subclasses of BCSSServiceProvider without having to overrride addService() in order to instantiate.
protected void	BeanContextServicesSupport.fireServiceAdded(Class serviceClass) Fires a BeanContextServiceEvent notifying of a new service.
protected void	BeanContextServicesSupport.fireServiceRevoked(Class serviceClass, boolean revokeNow) Fires a BeanContextServiceRevokedEvent indicating that a particular service is no longer available.
Iterator	BeanContextServicesSupport.BCSSProxyServiceProvider.getCurrentServiceSelectors(BeanContextServices bcs, Class serviceClass)
Iterator	BeanContextServiceProvider.getCurrentServiceSelectors(BeanContextServices bcs, Class serviceClass) Invoked by BeanContextServices, this method gets the current service selectors for the specified service.
Iterator	BeanContextServicesSupport.getCurrentServiceSelectors(Class serviceClass)
Iterator	BeanContextServices.getCurrentServiceSelectors(Class serviceClass) Gets the list of service dependent service parameters (Service Selectors) for the specified service, by calling getCurrentServiceSelectors() on the underlying BeanContextServiceProvider.
Object	BeanContextServicesSupport.getService(BeanContextChild child, Object requestor, Class serviceClass, Object serviceSelector, BeanContextServiceRevokedListener bcsrl) obtain a service which may be delegated
Object	BeanContextServices.getService(BeanContextChild child, Object requestor, Class serviceClass, Object serviceSelector, BeanContextServiceRevokedListener bcsrl) A BeanContextChild, or any arbitrary object associated with a BeanContextChild, may obtain a reference to a currently registered service from its nesting BeanContextServices via invocation of this method.
Object	BeanContextServicesSupport.BCSSProxyServiceProvider.getService(BeanContextServices bcs, Object requestor, Class serviceClass, Object serviceSelector)
Object	BeanContextServiceProvider.getService(BeanContextServices bcs, Object requestor, Class serviceClass, Object serviceSelector) Invoked by BeanContextServices, this method requests an instance of a service from this BeanContextServiceProvider.
boolean	BeanContextServicesSupport.hasService(Class serviceClass) has a service, which may be delegated
boolean	BeanContextServices.hasService(Class serviceClass) Reports whether or not a given service is currently available from this context.
boolean	BeanContextServiceRevokedEvent.isServiceClass(Class service) Checks this event to determine whether or not the service being revoked is of a particular class.
void	BeanContextServicesSupport.revokeService(Class serviceClass, BeanContextServiceProvider bcsp, boolean revokeCurrentServicesNow) remove a service
void	BeanContextServices.revokeService(Class serviceClass, BeanContextServiceProvider serviceProvider, boolean revokeCurrentServicesNow) BeanContextServiceProviders wishing to remove a currently registered service from this context may do so via invocation of this method.

Constructors in java.beans.beancontext with parameters of type Class

BeanContextServiceAvailableEvent(BeanContextServices bcs, Class sc)
Construct a BeanContextAvailableServiceEvent.

BeanContextServiceRevokedEvent(BeanContextServices bcs, Class sc, boolean invalidate)
Construct a BeanContextServiceEvent.

Uses of Class in java.io

Methods in java.io that return Class

Class<?>	ObjectStreamClass.forClass() Return the class in the local VM that this version is mapped to.
Class<?>	ObjectStreamField.getType() Get the type of the field.
protected Class<?>	ObjectInputStream.resolveClass(ObjectStreamClass desc) Load the local class equivalent of the specified stream class description.
protected Class<?>	ObjectInputStream.resolveProxyClass(String[] interfaces) Returns a proxy class that implements the interfaces named in a proxy class descriptor; subclasses may implement this method to read custom data from the stream along with the descriptors for dynamic proxy classes, allowing them to use an alternate loading mechanism for the interfaces and the proxy class.

Methods in java.io with parameters of type Class

protected void	ObjectOutputStream.annotateClass(Class<?> cl) Subclasses may implement this method to allow class data to be stored in the stream.
protected void	ObjectOutputStream.annotateProxyClass(Class<?> cl) Subclasses may implement this method to store custom data in the stream along with descriptors for dynamic proxy classes.
static ObjectStreamClass	ObjectStreamClass.lookup(Class<?> cl) Find the descriptor for a class that can be serialized.
static ObjectStreamClass	ObjectStreamClass.lookupAny(Class<?> cl) Returns the descriptor for any class, regardless of whether it implements Serializable.

Constructors in java.io with parameters of type Class

ObjectStreamField(String name, Class<?> type)
Create a Serializable field with the specified type.

ObjectStreamField(String name, Class<?> type, boolean unshared)
Creates an ObjectStreamField representing a serializable field with the given name and type.

Uses of Class in java.lang

Fields in java.lang declared as Class

static Class<Void>	Void.TYPE The Class object representing the pseudo-type corresponding to the keyword void.
static Class<Short>	Short.TYPE The Class instance representing the primitive type short.
static Class<Long>	Long.TYPE The Class instance representing the primitive type long.
static Class<Integer>	Integer.TYPE The Class instance representing the primitive type int.
static Class<Float>	Float.TYPE The Class instance representing the primitive type float.
static Class<Double>	Double.TYPE The Class instance representing the primitive type double.
static Class<Character>	Character.TYPE The Class instance representing the primitive type char.
static Class<Byte>	Byte.TYPE The Class instance representing the primitive type byte.
static Class<Boolean>	Boolean.TYPE The Class object representing the primitive type boolean.

Methods in java.lang that return Class

<U> Class<? extends U>	Class.asSubclass(Class<U> clazz) Casts this Class object to represent a subclass of the class represented by the specified class object.
protected Class<?>	SecurityManager.currentLoadedClass() Deprecated. This type of security checking is not recommended. It is recommended that the checkPermission call be used instead.
protected Class<?>	ClassLoader.defineClass(byte[] b, int off, int len) Deprecated. Replaced by defineClass(String, byte[], int, int)
protected Class<?>	ClassLoader.defineClass(String name, byte[] b, int off, int len) Converts an array of bytes into an instance of class Class.
protected Class<?>	ClassLoader.defineClass(String name, byte[] b, int off, int len, ProtectionDomain protectionDomain) Converts an array of bytes into an instance of class Class, with an optional ProtectionDomain.
protected Class<?>	ClassLoader.defineClass(String name, ByteBuffer b, ProtectionDomain protectionDomain) Converts a ByteBuffer into an instance of class Class, with an optional ProtectionDomain.
Class<? extends Enum>	EnumConstantNotPresentException.enumType() Returns the type of the missing enum constant.
protected Class<?>	ClassLoader.findClass(String name) Finds the class with the specified binary name.
protected Class<?>	ClassLoader.findLoadedClass(String name) Returns the class with the given binary name if this loader has been recorded by the Java virtual machine as an initiating loader of a class with that binary name.
protected Class<?>	ClassLoader.findSystemClass(String name) Finds a class with the specified binary name, loading it if necessary.
static Class<?>	Class.forName(String className) Returns the Class object associated with the class or interface with the given string name.
static Class<?>	Class.forName(String name, boolean initialize, ClassLoader loader) Returns the Class object associated with the class or interface with the given string name, using the given class loader.
Class<?>	Object.getClass() Returns the runtime class of this Object.
protected Class[]	SecurityManager.getClassContext() Returns the current execution stack as an array of classes.
Class<?>[]	Class.getClasses() Returns an array containing Class objects representing all the public classes and interfaces that are members of the class represented by this Class object.
Class<?>	Class.getComponentType() Returns the Class representing the component type of an array.
Class<?>[]	Class.getDeclaredClasses() Returns an array of Class objects reflecting all the classes and interfaces declared as members of the class represented by this Class object.
Class<E>	Enum.getDeclaringClass() Returns the Class object corresponding to this enum constant's enum type.
Class<?>	Class.getDeclaringClass() If the class or interface represented by this Class object is a member of another class, returns the Class object representing the class in which it was declared.
Class<?>	Class.getEnclosingClass() Returns the immediately enclosing class of the underlying class.
Class<?>[]	Class.getInterfaces() Determines the interfaces implemented by the class or interface represented by this object.
Class<? super T>	Class.getSuperclass() Returns the Class representing the superclass of the entity (class, interface, primitive type or void) represented by this Class.
Class<?>	ClassLoader.loadClass(String name) Loads the class with the specified binary name.
protected Class<?>	ClassLoader.loadClass(String name, boolean resolve) Loads the class with the specified binary name.

Methods in java.lang with parameters of type Class

<U> Class<? extends U>	Class.asSubclass(Class<U> clazz) Casts this Class object to represent a subclass of the class represented by the specified class object.
void	SecurityManager.checkMemberAccess(Class<?> clazz, int which) Throws a SecurityException if the calling thread is not allowed to access members.
static boolean	Compiler.compileClass(Class<?> clazz) Compiles the specified class.