Re: In which circumstances a Class.forName() can fail?

Hello to all,

In which circumstances a Class.forName() can fail, when the String
comes from the STE class ???

(I have been getting ClassNotFoundException, which should never happen
by my knowledge :( )

here is the code snippet:

final String className = stackTraceElement.getClassName();
        Class clazz;
        try {
            clazz = Class.forName(className);
        } catch (final ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
            // should be totally impossible since any Class having
methods locked in a stack
            // frame cannot be removed from VM.
// throw new IllegalStateException(cnfe);
            return null;
        }