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Message: [QUOTE="lewbloch, post: 4220267"] 'new' is not a wrapper for 'Class.forName()' because while 'forName()' does return a class object, 'new' does not unless the class instantiated actually is 'Class'. Since the constructors for 'Class' are not exposed, that's unlikely. 'newInstance()' is different from 'new' also. It's invoked reflectively, i.e., via runtime mechanisms, not via a compiled constructor invocation as via 'new', and throws different exceptions from the corresponding constructor. It's also semantically limited to no-arg constructors. 'newInstance()' appears in a reflective context which is perforce going to be slower than compiled-in decisions. Such a context will properly appear only when performance is not the overarching concern, nor readability. [/QUOTE]