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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009 Phil Burk, Mobileer Inc
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.jsyn.util;
+
+public class JavaTools {
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+    public static Class loadClass(String className, boolean verbose) {
+        Class newClass = null;
+        try {
+            newClass = Class.forName(className);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            if (verbose)
+                System.out.println("Caught " + e);
+        }
+        if (newClass == null) {
+            try {
+                ClassLoader systemLoader = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
+                newClass = Class.forName(className, true, systemLoader);
+            } catch (Throwable e) {
+                if (verbose)
+                    System.out.println("Caught " + e);
+            }
+        }
+        return newClass;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * First try Class.forName(). If this fails, try Class.forName() using
+     * ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().
+     * 
+     * @return Class or null
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+    public static Class loadClass(String className) {
+        /**
+         * First try Class.forName(). If this fails, try Class.forName() using
+         * ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().
+         * 
+         * @return Class or null
+         */
+        return loadClass(className, true);
+    }
+
+}