In Java, we generally create objects using the new keyword or we use some DI framework e.g. Spring to create an object which internally use Java Reflection API to do so. In this Article, we are going to study the reflective ways to create objects. There are two methods present in Reflection API which we can use to create objects Class.newInstance() → Inside java.lang package Constructor.newInstance() → Inside java.lang.reflect package However there are total 5 ways create objects in Java, if you are not aware of them please go through this article 5 Different ways to create objects in Java with Example . Both Class.newInstance() and java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance() are known as reflective methods because these two uses reflection API to create the object. Both are not static and we can call earlier one on a class level object while latter one needs constructor level object which we can get by using the class level object. Class.newInstance() The Class class is the mo
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