Difference between loadClass() and forName()

Does anyone knows what is the different between:

Class clazz = getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass(className)开发者_Go百科;

AND

Class clazz = Class.forName(className);

As i tried both, it gave me same result.

Class.forName(className) execute the static initializer code blocks in the loaded class.

A call to forName("X") causes the class named X to be initialized.

getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass(className) doesn't.

Class.forName(className, false, getClass().getClassLoader()) is the same as getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass(className).

Resources :

• javadoc - Class.forName()
• Javadoc - ClassLoader.loadClass()
• JLS - Initialization of Classes and Interfaces