src/main/java/org/apache/commons/ognl/DefaultClassResolver.java

package org.apache.commons.ognl;

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import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Default class resolution. Uses ClassLoader.loadClass() to look up classes by name. It also looks in the "java.lang"
 * package
 * if the class named does not give a package specifier, allowing easier usage of these classes.
 */
public class DefaultClassResolver
    implements ClassResolver
{
    private final Map<String, Class<?>> classes = new HashMap<String, Class<?>>( 101 );

    /**
     * Resolves a class for a given className
     *
     * @param className The name of the Class
     * @return The resulting Class object
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException If the class could not be found
     */
    public Class<?> classForName( String className )
        throws ClassNotFoundException
    {
        return classForName( className, null );
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public Class<?> classForName( String className, Map<String, Object> unused )
        throws ClassNotFoundException
    {
        Class<?> result = classes.get( className );

        if ( result == null )
        {
            ClassLoader classLoader = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
            try
            {
                result = classLoader.loadClass( className );
            }
            catch ( ClassNotFoundException ex )
            {
                if ( className.indexOf( '.' ) == -1 )
                {
                    result = classLoader.loadClass( "java.lang." + className );
                    classes.put( "java.lang." + className, result );
                }
            }
            classes.put( className, result );
        }
        return result;
    }
}