Java Utililty Methods Class Exist

boolean classExists(ClassLoader loader, String className)
Check if a classloader has a classname resource.

return loader.getResource(classNameToResource(className)) != null;

boolean classExists(String className)
class Exists

final Class<?> aClass;
try {
 aClass = Class.forName(className);
} catch (ClassNotFoundException ignore) {
 return false;
return aClass != null;

boolean classExists(String className)
class Exists

try {
 Class.forName(className);
 return true;
} catch (ClassNotFoundException exception) {
 return false;

boolean classExists(String className)
class Exists

try {
 forName(className);
 return true;
} catch (Exception e) {
 return false;

boolean classExists(String className, Object context)
Checks if a certain class name exists in a certain object context's class loader.

boolean canWork = false;
try {
 canWork = Class.forName(className, false, context.getClass().getClassLoader()) != null;
catch (Exception e) {
return canWork;

boolean classExists(String implClassName)
class Exists

try {
 Class.forName(implClassName);
 return true;
} catch (ClassNotFoundException ignored) {
 return false;

boolean classExists(String name)
class Exists

try {
 Class.forName(name);
 return true;
} catch (Exception e) {
 return false;