[thelist] Java Instantiation

[Keith Dahlby]

Just a quick question about Java object instantiation...

Why would one want to use:
     DocumentHandler h = 
Class.forName("org.xml.sax.DocumentHandler").newInstance();

instead of:
     DocumentHandler h = new org.xml.sax.DocumentHandler();

to make an instance of this object (or any, for that matter)?

I've looked in my references and haven't found an acceptable answer. TIA!

Cheers ~ K