Javadoc getConstructor getResoureAsStream other version of this method Class.getResourceAsStream("relativepath") isAssignableFrom Class#getMethods() java.lang.Class Class#isSynthetic() Class.isInstance(Object) Class#isSynthetic() API documentation for getResourceAsStream() Class Class#toString() newInstance Class Class.desiredAssertionStatus Class.forName() Class the javadoc newInstance Class.getFields Class.getGenericSuperclass getResource Class.getDeclaredFields Class<T> Class getResource java.lang.Class Class Class#forName(String) Class getConstructor may load any class Class.getResourceAsStream("relativepath") the three-argument version Class#isSynthetic() Class Class java.lang.Class newInstance() java.lang.Class Class.forName() asSubclass java.lang.Class java.lang.Class Class.forName(String) getResoureAsStream Class.isAssignableFrom Class.getMethods() Class.forName() Class#getMethods() Class#isSynthetic() Class Class.forName(String) java.lang.Class forName Class Class.getResource() Class forName getConstructor getResource() Class.getMethods() Class getModifiers() Class getCanonicalName() API docs Class.forName() getCanonicalName() Class Class<T> Class#getName() Class.forName() the documentation for Class.getField forName Class.getSuperclass() Class Class.getGenericSuperclass Class.getDeclaredConstructor Class Class Class.getResource Class#getName() Class Class getSuperclass() Class object Class#isSynthetic() java.lang.Class Class java.lang.Class Class#isSynthetic() Class#cast(Object) Class Class.getResource(<path>) Class.desiredAssertionStatus Class#isAssignableFrom(Class) Class.getGenericSuperclass Class.desiredAssertionStatus Class.getResource(<path>) class.getResource Class Class.getSuperclass() class class name Class.desiredAssertionStatus java.lang.Class Class Class#isSynthetic() Class.getResourceAsStream() Class Class Class#isInstance Class Class getSuperclass() Class Class Class Class Class Class.getSuperclass() Class (Java Platform SE 7 ) getResource() Class#isSynthetic() forName Class java.lang.Class