Classes.java

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package org.apache.camel.guice.jndi.internal;


public final class Classes {
    private Classes() {
        // Helper class
    }

    /**
     * Attempts to load the class of the given name from the thread context
     * class loader first then the given class loader second
     * 
     * @param name
     *            the name of the class
     * @param loader
     *            the class loader to use if the thread context class loader
     *            cannot find the class
     * @return the class loaded
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException
     *             if the class could not be found
     */
    public static Class<?> loadClass(String name, ClassLoader loader)
        throws ClassNotFoundException {
        ClassLoader contextClassLoader = Thread.currentThread()
                .getContextClassLoader();
        if (contextClassLoader != null) {
            try {
                return contextClassLoader.loadClass(name);
            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                try {
                    return loader.loadClass(name);
                } catch (ClassNotFoundException e1) {
                    throw e;
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}