difference between instantion and object

[ramchander yshetti]

please tell me about the difference between inistation and object.

i.e Class.forName(........)
gives the instantion of class, how it different from object

[tapan hoskeri]

Creating an object effectively means 'instantiating an object of a said class', so the terms are interchangeable. The Class.forName() method is an alternative to calling 'new' as far as object creation goes.

For eg, both the following lines of code do pretty much the same thing...that is to create an object of the class String

try
{
String a = (String)Class.forName("java.lang.String").newInstance();
//Creates an object of class String
}
catch (InstantiationException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
catch (IllegalAccessException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}


String b = new String(); //also creates an object of class String

[Bear Bibeault]

Please do not cross-post the same question in multiple forums. It wastes people's time when multiple redundant conversations take place.