Class.forName() versus direct class loading

Question

I found some code loading resources this way:

Class.forName(myClass.class.getName()).getResourceAsStream("myResource");

First, I wondered about the interest of using such a structure. It appears Class.forName("className") enables a dynamic loading, loading the class only when needed (this is the typical structure when loading a JDBC driver, for instance).

Yet, is not the dynamic loading inefficient in this case since the class is in code? Would there be any difference if I wrote the following?

myClass.class.getResourceAsStream("myResource");

Answer 1

mmyClass.class.getResourceAsStream("myResource"); should be prefered option since it does not make search. Result is the same since myClass.class.getName() is used in forName, not just predefined string.