Method loadClass

java/org/apache/catalina/util/Introspection.java:89–102

Attempt to load a class using the given Container's class loader. If the class cannot be loaded, a debug level log message will be written to the Container's log and null will be returned. @param context The class loader of this context will be used to attempt to load the class @param className T

(Context context, String className)

     * @return the loaded class or <code>null</code> if loading failed
     */
    public static Class<?> loadClass(Context context, String className) {
        ClassLoader cl = context.getLoader().getClassLoader();
        Log log = context.getLogger();
        Class<?> clazz = null;
        try {
            clazz = cl.loadClass(className);
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException | NoClassDefFoundError | ClassFormatError e) {
            log.debug(sm.getString("introspection.classLoadFailed", className), e);
        } catch (Throwable t) {
            ExceptionUtils.handleThrowable(t);
            log.debug(sm.getString("introspection.classLoadFailed", className), t);
        }
        return clazz;
    }

    /**
     * Converts the primitive type to its corresponding wrapper.