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34 package info.magnolia.module.rssaggregator.util;
35
36 /**
37 * Convenience methods when handling with classes.
38 *
39 * @author Rob van der Linden Vooren
40 */
41 public final class ClassUtils {
42
43 private ClassUtils() {
44 // not meant to be instantiated
45 }
46
47 public static Class forName(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException {
48 return getDefaultClassLoader().loadClass(className);
49 }
50
51 public static Class forName(String className, ClassLoader classLoader) throws ClassNotFoundException {
52 return classLoader.loadClass(className);
53 }
54
55 private static ClassLoader getDefaultClassLoader() {
56 ClassLoader cl = null;
57 try {
58 cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
59 } catch (Throwable ex) {
60 // Cannot access thread context ClassLoader - falling back to system class loader...
61 }
62 if (cl == null) {
63 // No thread context class loader -> use class loader of this class.
64 cl = ClassUtils.class.getClassLoader();
65 }
66 return cl;
67 }
68
69 }