java.lang.ClassNotFoundException与java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError的区别(转)

    /**
     * Returns the <code>Class</code> object associated with the class or
     * interface with the given string name.  Invoking this method is
     * equivalent to:
     *
     * <blockquote><pre>
     *  Class.forName(className, true, currentLoader)
     * </pre></blockquote>
     *
     * where <code>currentLoader</code> denotes the defining class loader of
     * the current class.
     *
     * <p> For example, the following code fragment returns the
     * runtime <code>Class</code> descriptor for the class named
     * <code>java.lang.Thread</code>:
     *
     * <blockquote><pre>
     *   Class&nbsp;t&nbsp;= Class.forName("java.lang.Thread")
     * </pre></blockquote>
     * <p>
     * A call to <tt>forName("X")</tt> causes the class named 
     * <tt>X</tt> to be initialized.
     *
     * @param      className   the fully qualified name of the desired class.
     * @return     the <code>Class</code> object for the class with the
     *             specified name.
     * @exception LinkageError if the linkage fails
     * @exception ExceptionInInitializerError if the initialization provoked
     *            by this method fails
     * @exception ClassNotFoundException if the class cannot be located
     */
    public static Class<?> forName(String className) 
                throws ClassNotFoundException {
        return forName0(className, true, ClassLoader.getCallerClassLoader());
    }

    /** Called after security checks have been made. */
    private static native Class forName0(String name, boolean initialize,
                        ClassLoader loader)
    throws ClassNotFoundException;