Method toClass

src/bsh/Name.java:626–664

Check the cache, else use toObject() to try to resolve to a class identifier. @throws ClassNotFoundException on class not found. @throws ClassPathException (type of EvalError) on special case of ambiguous unqualified name after super import.

()

		ambiguous unqualified name after super import. 
	*/
	synchronized public Class toClass() 
		throws ClassNotFoundException, UtilEvalError
	{
		if ( asClass != null )
			return asClass;

		reset();

		// "var" means untyped, return null class
		if ( evalName.equals("var") )
			return asClass = null;

		/* Try straightforward class name first */
		Class clas = namespace.getClass( evalName );

		if ( clas == null ) 
		{
			/* 
				Try toObject() which knows how to work through inner classes
				and see what we end up with 
			*/
			Object obj = null;
			try {
				// Null interpreter and callstack references.
				// class only resolution should not require them.
				obj = toObject( null, null, true );  
			} catch ( UtilEvalError  e ) { }; // couldn't resolve it
		
			if ( obj instanceof ClassIdentifier )
				clas = ((ClassIdentifier)obj).getTargetClass();
		}

		if ( clas == null )
			throw new ClassNotFoundException(
				"Class: " + value+ " not found in namespace");

		asClass = clas;
		return asClass;
	}

	/*
	*/