Class.forName() 与 ClassLoader.loadClass()的区别

1.从google搜到的资料显示Class.forName()会执行类的初始化操作，static区域会被执行，ClassLoader.loadClass()不会执行初始化操作

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4285855/difference-betweeen-loading-a-class-using-classloader-and-class-forname

只是加载类时会有区别，但是执行newInstance()两者是没有区别的，都是会初始化类

public class TestInterface {
	static {
		System.out.println("this is static field, TestInterface");
	}
}

class Test extends TestInterface {
	static {
		System.out.println("this is static field, Test");
	}
}

Class.forName

Class.forName("com.test.Test").newInstance();

System.out.println("after class.forname");

Console:
this is static field, TestInterface
this is static field, Test
after class.forname

ClassLoader.loadClass

ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().loadClass("com.test.Test").newInstance();
System.out.println("after loadclass");

Console:
this is static field, TestInterface
this is static field, Test
after loadclass

2.以mysql JDBC Driver这个来看两者的区别

java连接mysql示例

 //第一步：加载MySQL的JDBC的驱动
        Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
        
        //取得连接的url,能访问MySQL数据库的用户名,密码；studentinfo：数据库名
        String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/studentinfo";        
        String username = "root";
        String password = "admin";
        
        //第二步：创建与MySQL数据库的连接类的实例
        Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);

com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

package com.mysql.jdbc;

import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;

public class Driver
  extends NonRegisteringDriver
  implements java.sql.Driver
{
  public Driver()
    throws SQLException
  {}
  //如果在客户端代码中使用ClassLoader.loadClass这种方法就不会执行static域，就不会向DriverManager注册该驱动
  static
  {
    try
    {
      DriverManager.registerDriver(new Driver());
    }
    catch (SQLException E)
    {
      throw new RuntimeException("Can't register driver!");
    }
  }
}

DriverManager.class主要涉及的代码

public static Connection getConnection(String url)
        throws SQLException {
...
        return (getConnection(url, info, Reflection.getCallerClass()));
    }

private static Connection getConnection(
        String url, java.util.Properties info, Class<?> caller) throws SQLException {
...//如果registeredDrivers为空 

for(DriverInfo aDriver : registeredDrivers) {
	Connection con = aDriver.driver.connect(url, info);
...｝
return (con);
}