object.class.forName() not working

[René Kray]

Hi folks:

I've found a lot of examples in the internet how to access any kind of java classes via .class.forName. I've tested this in my user macro:

#set ($string="")
#set ($base64=$string.class.forName('java.util.Base64'))
<pre>
base64: $base64.getClass()
</pre>

that results in "$base64.getClass()" and not as expected in "java.util.Base64".

An implicit initialization with "newInstance()" has changed nothing.

#set ($base64=$string.class.forName('java.util.Base64').newInstance())

Has someone an idea, what's wrong here?

I'm using Confluence 7.4.0 Server.

Thanks