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package org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api;

import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

Utilities to search a series of ClassLoaders for a Class by name. Not to be granted visibility outside of this package, unless scoped out to internals (this is not part of the public user API) 
Author:
Andrew Lee Rubinger/**
 * Utilities to search a series of {@link ClassLoader}s for a {@link Class} by name.
 *
 * Not to be granted visibility outside of this package, unless scoped out to internals (this is not part of the public
 * user API)
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:alr@jboss.org">Andrew Lee Rubinger</a>
 */
class ClassLoaderSearchUtil {
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Logger
/**
     * Logger
     */
    private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(ClassLoaderSearchUtil.class.getName());

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No instances, keep private
/**
     * No instances, keep private
     */
    private ClassLoaderSearchUtil() {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("No instances permitted");
    }

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Finds a Class by name using a series of ClassLoaders as the search path 
Params:
className – 
classLoaders – 
Throws:
ClassNotFoundException –  If the Class could not be found in any of the specified CLs
Returns:
/**
     * Finds a {@link Class} by name using a series of {@link ClassLoader}s as the search path
     *
     * @param className
     * @param classLoaders
     * @return
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException
     *             If the {@link Class} could not be found in any of the specified CLs
     */
    static Class<?> findClassFromClassLoaders(final String className, final Iterable<ClassLoader> classLoaders)
        throws ClassNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException {
        // Precondition checks
        assert className != null && className.length() > 0 : "Class Name must be specified";
        assert classLoaders != null : "ClassLoaders as search path must be specified";

        // Find the class by searching through the CLs in order
        Class<?> clazz = null;
        for (final ClassLoader cl : classLoaders) {
            try {
                clazz = Class.forName(className, false, cl);
                if (log.isLoggable(Level.FINER)) {
                    log.finer("Found requested class " + clazz.getName() + " from ClassLoader "
                        + clazz.getClassLoader());
                }
            } catch (final ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
                // Ignore here, try the next
            }

        }
        // If we haven't got a class yet, now we need to show we've got CNFE
        if (clazz == null) {
            throw new ClassNotFoundException("Could not find requested class \"" + className
                + "\" in any of the associated ClassLoaders: " + classLoaders);
        }

        // Return
        return clazz;
    }
}