In Java, is it possible to know whether a class has already been loaded?

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(Thanks to Aleksi) This code:

public class TestLoaded {
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
          java.lang.reflect.Method m = ClassLoader.class.getDeclaredMethod("findLoadedClass", new Class[] { String.class });
          m.setAccessible(true);
          ClassLoader cl = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
          Object test1 = m.invoke(cl, "TestLoaded$ClassToTest");
          System.out.println(test1 != null);
          ClassToTest.reportLoaded();
          Object test2 = m.invoke(cl, "TestLoaded$ClassToTest");
          System.out.println(test2 != null);
     }
     static class ClassToTest {
          static {
               System.out.println("Loading " + ClassToTest.class.getName());
          }
          static void reportLoaded() {
               System.out.println("Loaded");
          }
     }
}

Produces:

false
Loading TestLoaded$ClassToTest
Loaded
true

Note that the example classes are not in a package. The full binary name is required.

An example of a binary name is "java.security.KeyStore$Builder$FileBuilder$1"

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