trunk/chemistry-opencmis-commons/chemistry-opencmis-commons-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/chemistry/opencmis/commons/impl/ClassLoaderUtil.java

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package org.apache.chemistry.opencmis.commons.impl;

public final class ClassLoaderUtil {

    private ClassLoaderUtil() {
    }

    /**
     * Loads a class. If the context class loader is set, it is used.
     */
    public static Class<?> loadClass(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        ClassLoader ccl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
        if (ccl == null) {
            return loadClass(className, null);
        }

        try {
            return loadClass(className, ccl);
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnf) {
            return loadClass(className, null);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Loads a class from the given class loader.
     */
    public static Class<?> loadClass(String className, ClassLoader classLoader) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        if (classLoader == null) {
            return Class.forName(className);
        } else {
            return Class.forName(className, true, classLoader);
        }
    }
}