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package org.guiceyfruit.jndi.internal;
/** @version $Revision: 1.1 $ */
public class Classes {
/**
* 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;
}
}