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package com.sun.enterprise.connectors.util;
import com.sun.enterprise.connectors.ConnectorRuntime;
public class ClassLoadingUtility {
/**
* Get the current thread's context class loader which is set to
* the CommonClassLoader by ApplicationServer
*
* @return the thread's context classloader if it exists;
* else the system class loader.
*/
private static ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
if (Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader() != null) {
return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
} else {
return ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
}
}
/**
* Loads the class with the common class loader.
*
* @param the class name
* @return the loaded class
* @throws if the class is not found.
* @see getClassLoader()
*/
public static Class loadClass(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException {
try{
return getClassLoader().loadClass(className);
}catch(Exception e){
//try loading the class using common classloader (connector classloader's parent chain has common classloader)
return ConnectorRuntime.getRuntime().getConnectorClassLoader().loadClass(className);
}
}
}