Please extend the typing of java.lang.Class.forName by adding either a static method:

public static <U> Class<? extends U> forName(String className, Class<U> bound) {
   return bound.cast(forName(className));
}

Or a non-static method:

public Class<? extends T> forSubclassName(String className) {
   return cast(forName(className));
}

This would help in situations like:

import java.util.EventListener;
import javax.swing.event.EventListenerList;

class Test {
    void test(String name, EventListenerList list, EventListener l)
	throws ClassNotFoundException
    {
	list.add((Class)Class.forName(name), l);
    }
}
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