General defensiveness about the bootstrap ClassLoader (i.e. null ClassLoader)

Issue: SPR-11721

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/TypeConverterDelegate.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -289,15 +289,15 @@ class TypeConverterDelegate {
 			if (index > - 1) {
 				String enumType = trimmedValue.substring(0, index);
 				String fieldName = trimmedValue.substring(index + 1);
-				ClassLoader loader = this.targetObject.getClass().getClassLoader();
+				ClassLoader cl = this.targetObject.getClass().getClassLoader();
 				try {
-					Class<?> enumValueType = loader.loadClass(enumType);
+					Class<?> enumValueType = ClassUtils.forName(enumType, cl);
 					Field enumField = enumValueType.getField(fieldName);
 					convertedValue = enumField.get(null);
 				}
 				catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
 					if(logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
-						logger.trace("Enum class [" + enumType + "] cannot be loaded from [" + loader + "]", ex);
+						logger.trace("Enum class [" + enumType + "] cannot be loaded", ex);
 					}
 				}
 				catch (Throwable ex) {

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 	public AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor() {
 		this.autowiredAnnotationTypes.add(Autowired.class);
 		this.autowiredAnnotationTypes.add(Value.class);
-		ClassLoader cl = AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.class.getClassLoader();
 		try {
-			this.autowiredAnnotationTypes.add((Class<? extends Annotation>) cl.loadClass("javax.inject.Inject"));
+			this.autowiredAnnotationTypes.add((Class<? extends Annotation>)
+					ClassUtils.forName("javax.inject.Inject", AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.class.getClassLoader()));
 			logger.info("JSR-330 'javax.inject.Inject' annotation found and supported for autowiring");
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ public class QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver extends GenericTypeAwa
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver() {
 		this.qualifierTypes.add(Qualifier.class);
-		ClassLoader cl = QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver.class.getClassLoader();
 		try {
-			this.qualifierTypes.add((Class<? extends Annotation>) cl.loadClass("javax.inject.Qualifier"));
+			this.qualifierTypes.add((Class<? extends Annotation>)
+					ClassUtils.forName("javax.inject.Qualifier", QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver.class.getClassLoader()));
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
 			// JSR-330 API not available - simply skip.

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java

@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 	private static Class<?> javaxInjectProviderClass = null;
 
 	static {
-		ClassLoader cl = DefaultListableBeanFactory.class.getClassLoader();
 		try {
-			javaxInjectProviderClass = cl.loadClass("javax.inject.Provider");
+			javaxInjectProviderClass =
+					ClassUtils.forName("javax.inject.Provider", DefaultListableBeanFactory.class.getClassLoader());
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
 			// JSR-330 API not available - Provider interface simply not supported then.

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DisposableBeanAdapter.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ class DisposableBeanAdapter implements DisposableBean, Runnable, Serializable {
 
 	static {
 		try {
-			closeableInterface = DisposableBeanAdapter.class.getClassLoader().loadClass("java.lang.AutoCloseable");
+			closeableInterface = ClassUtils.forName("java.lang.AutoCloseable",
+					DisposableBeanAdapter.class.getClassLoader());
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
 			closeableInterface = Closeable.class;

spring-context-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/quartz/CronTriggerFactoryBean.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.core.Constants;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ public class CronTriggerFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<CronTrigger>, BeanNam
 		Class<?> cronTriggerClass;
 		Method jobKeyMethod;
 		try {
-			cronTriggerClass = getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass("org.quartz.impl.triggers.CronTriggerImpl");
+			cronTriggerClass = ClassUtils.forName("org.quartz.impl.triggers.CronTriggerImpl", getClass().getClassLoader());
 			jobKeyMethod = JobDetail.class.getMethod("getKey");
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {

spring-context-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/quartz/JobDetailFactoryBean.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
 /**
  * A Spring {@link FactoryBean} for creating a Quartz {@link org.quartz.JobDetail}
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ public class JobDetailFactoryBean
 
 		Class<?> jobDetailClass;
 		try {
-			jobDetailClass = getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass("org.quartz.impl.JobDetailImpl");
+			jobDetailClass = ClassUtils.forName("org.quartz.impl.JobDetailImpl", getClass().getClassLoader());
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
 			jobDetailClass = JobDetail.class;

spring-context-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/quartz/MethodInvokingJobDetailFactoryBean.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -87,14 +87,15 @@ public class MethodInvokingJobDetailFactoryBean extends ArgumentConvertingMethod
 
 	static {
 		try {
-			jobDetailImplClass = Class.forName("org.quartz.impl.JobDetailImpl");
+			jobDetailImplClass = ClassUtils.forName("org.quartz.impl.JobDetailImpl",
+					MethodInvokingJobDetailFactoryBean.class.getClassLoader());
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
 			jobDetailImplClass = null;
 		}
 		try {
-			Class<?> jobExecutionContextClass =
-					QuartzJobBean.class.getClassLoader().loadClass("org.quartz.JobExecutionContext");
+			Class<?> jobExecutionContextClass = ClassUtils.forName("org.quartz.JobExecutionContext",
+					MethodInvokingJobDetailFactoryBean.class.getClassLoader());
 			setResultMethod = jobExecutionContextClass.getMethod("setResult", Object.class);
 		}
 		catch (Exception ex) {

spring-context-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/quartz/QuartzJobBean.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.quartz.SchedulerException;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapper;
 import org.springframework.beans.MutablePropertyValues;
 import org.springframework.beans.PropertyAccessorFactory;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ public abstract class QuartzJobBean implements Job {
 	static {
 		try {
 			Class<?> jobExecutionContextClass =
-					QuartzJobBean.class.getClassLoader().loadClass("org.quartz.JobExecutionContext");
+					ClassUtils.forName("org.quartz.JobExecutionContext", QuartzJobBean.class.getClassLoader());
 			getSchedulerMethod = jobExecutionContextClass.getMethod("getScheduler");
 			getMergedJobDataMapMethod = jobExecutionContextClass.getMethod("getMergedJobDataMap");
 		}

spring-context-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/quartz/SchedulerAccessor.java

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionException;
 import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionStatus;
 import org.springframework.transaction.support.DefaultTransactionDefinition;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -68,8 +69,8 @@ public abstract class SchedulerAccessor implements ResourceLoaderAware {
 	static {
 		// Quartz 2.0 job/trigger key available?
 		try {
-			jobKeyClass = Class.forName("org.quartz.JobKey");
-			triggerKeyClass = Class.forName("org.quartz.TriggerKey");
+			jobKeyClass = ClassUtils.forName("org.quartz.JobKey", SchedulerAccessor.class.getClassLoader());
+			triggerKeyClass = ClassUtils.forName("org.quartz.TriggerKey", SchedulerAccessor.class.getClassLoader());
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
 			jobKeyClass = null;

spring-context-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/quartz/SimpleTriggerFactoryBean.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.core.Constants;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ public class SimpleTriggerFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<SimpleTrigger>, Bea
 		Class<?> simpleTriggerClass;
 		Method jobKeyMethod;
 		try {
-			simpleTriggerClass = getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass("org.quartz.impl.triggers.SimpleTriggerImpl");
+			simpleTriggerClass = ClassUtils.forName("org.quartz.impl.triggers.SimpleTriggerImpl", getClass().getClassLoader());
 			jobKeyMethod = JobDetail.class.getMethod("getKey");
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/AnnotationConfigUtils.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ public class AnnotationConfigUtils {
 		if (jpaPresent && !registry.containsBeanDefinition(PERSISTENCE_ANNOTATION_PROCESSOR_BEAN_NAME)) {
 			RootBeanDefinition def = new RootBeanDefinition();
 			try {
-				ClassLoader cl = AnnotationConfigUtils.class.getClassLoader();
-				def.setBeanClass(cl.loadClass(PERSISTENCE_ANNOTATION_PROCESSOR_CLASS_NAME));
+				def.setBeanClass(ClassUtils.forName(PERSISTENCE_ANNOTATION_PROCESSOR_CLASS_NAME,
+						AnnotationConfigUtils.class.getClassLoader()));
 			}
 			catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
 				throw new IllegalStateException(

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public class ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider implements EnvironmentC
 		ClassLoader cl = ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider.class.getClassLoader();
 		try {
 			this.includeFilters.add(new AnnotationTypeFilter(
-					((Class<? extends Annotation>) cl.loadClass("javax.annotation.ManagedBean")), false));
+					((Class<? extends Annotation>) ClassUtils.forName("javax.annotation.ManagedBean", cl)), false));
 			logger.debug("JSR-250 'javax.annotation.ManagedBean' found and supported for component scanning");
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ public class ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider implements EnvironmentC
 		}
 		try {
 			this.includeFilters.add(new AnnotationTypeFilter(
-					((Class<? extends Annotation>) cl.loadClass("javax.inject.Named")), false));
+					((Class<? extends Annotation>) ClassUtils.forName("javax.inject.Named", cl)), false));
 			logger.debug("JSR-330 'javax.inject.Named' annotation found and supported for component scanning");
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ public class CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InitDestroyAnnotationBean
 	private static Class<? extends Annotation> ejbRefClass = null;
 
 	static {
-		ClassLoader cl = CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.class.getClassLoader();
 		try {
 			@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-			Class<? extends Annotation> clazz = (Class<? extends Annotation>) cl.loadClass("javax.xml.ws.WebServiceRef");
+			Class<? extends Annotation> clazz = (Class<? extends Annotation>)
+					ClassUtils.forName("javax.xml.ws.WebServiceRef", CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.class.getClassLoader());
 			webServiceRefClass = clazz;
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ public class CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InitDestroyAnnotationBean
 		}
 		try {
 			@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-			Class<? extends Annotation> clazz = (Class<? extends Annotation>) cl.loadClass("javax.ejb.EJB");
+			Class<? extends Annotation> clazz = (Class<? extends Annotation>)
+					ClassUtils.forName("javax.ejb.EJB", CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.class.getClassLoader());
 			ejbRefClass = clazz;
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/annotation/AsyncAnnotationAdvisor.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
 import org.springframework.core.task.SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
 /**
  * Advisor that activates asynchronous method execution through the {@link Async}
@@ -73,9 +74,9 @@ public class AsyncAnnotationAdvisor extends AbstractPointcutAdvisor implements B
 	public AsyncAnnotationAdvisor(Executor executor) {
 		Set<Class<? extends Annotation>> asyncAnnotationTypes = new LinkedHashSet<Class<? extends Annotation>>(2);
 		asyncAnnotationTypes.add(Async.class);
-		ClassLoader cl = AsyncAnnotationAdvisor.class.getClassLoader();
 		try {
-			asyncAnnotationTypes.add((Class<? extends Annotation>) cl.loadClass("javax.ejb.Asynchronous"));
+			asyncAnnotationTypes.add((Class<? extends Annotation>)
+					ClassUtils.forName("javax.ejb.Asynchronous", AsyncAnnotationAdvisor.class.getClassLoader()));
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
 			// If EJB 3.1 API not present, simply ignore.

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.java

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.VfsResource;
 import org.springframework.util.AntPathMatcher;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.PathMatcher;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils;
@@ -143,11 +144,15 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  *
  * <p><b>WARNING:</b> Ant-style patterns with "classpath:" resources are not
  * guaranteed to find matching resources if the root package to search is available
- * in multiple class path locations. This is because a resource such as<pre class="code">
+ * in multiple class path locations. This is because a resource such as
+ * <pre class="code">
  *     com/mycompany/package1/service-context.xml
- * </pre>may be in only one location, but when a path such as<pre class="code">
+ * </pre>
+ * may be in only one location, but when a path such as
+ * <pre class="code">
  *     classpath:com/mycompany/**&#47;service-context.xml
- * </pre>is used to try to resolve it, the resolver will work off the (first) URL
+ * </pre>
+ * is used to try to resolve it, the resolver will work off the (first) URL
  * returned by {@code getResource("com/mycompany");}. If this base package
  * node exists in multiple classloader locations, the actual end resource may
  * not be underneath. Therefore, preferably, use "{@code classpath*:}" with the same
@@ -171,10 +176,10 @@ public class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver implements ResourcePatternResol
 	private static Method equinoxResolveMethod;
 
 	static {
-		// Detect Equinox OSGi (e.g. on WebSphere 6.1)
 		try {
-			Class<?> fileLocatorClass = PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.class.getClassLoader().loadClass(
-					"org.eclipse.core.runtime.FileLocator");
+			// Detect Equinox OSGi (e.g. on WebSphere 6.1)
+			Class<?> fileLocatorClass = ClassUtils.forName("org.eclipse.core.runtime.FileLocator",
+					PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.class.getClassLoader());
 			equinoxResolveMethod = fileLocatorClass.getMethod("resolve", URL.class);
 			logger.debug("Found Equinox FileLocator for OSGi bundle URL resolution");
 		}
@@ -198,6 +203,17 @@ public class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver implements ResourcePatternResol
 		this.resourceLoader = new DefaultResourceLoader();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.
+	 * <p>ClassLoader access will happen via the thread context class loader.
+	 * @param resourceLoader the ResourceLoader to load root directories and
+	 * actual resources with
+	 */
+	public PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver(ResourceLoader resourceLoader) {
+		Assert.notNull(resourceLoader, "ResourceLoader must not be null");
+		this.resourceLoader = resourceLoader;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver with a DefaultResourceLoader.
 	 * @param classLoader the ClassLoader to load classpath resources with,
@@ -209,16 +225,6 @@ public class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver implements ResourcePatternResol
 		this.resourceLoader = new DefaultResourceLoader(classLoader);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Create a new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.
-	 * <p>ClassLoader access will happen via the thread context class loader.
-	 * @param resourceLoader the ResourceLoader to load root directories and
-	 * actual resources with
-	 */
-	public PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver(ResourceLoader resourceLoader) {
-		Assert.notNull(resourceLoader, "ResourceLoader must not be null");
-		this.resourceLoader = resourceLoader;
-	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Return the ResourceLoader that this pattern resolver works with.
@@ -227,11 +233,6 @@ public class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver implements ResourcePatternResol
 		return this.resourceLoader;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Return the ClassLoader that this pattern resolver works with
-	 * (only {@code null} if even the system ClassLoader isn't accessible).
-	 * @see org.springframework.util.ClassUtils#getDefaultClassLoader()
-	 */
 	@Override
 	public ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
 		return getResourceLoader().getClassLoader();

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PropertiesLoaderUtils.java

@@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ public abstract class PropertiesLoaderUtils {
 		if (classLoaderToUse == null) {
 			classLoaderToUse = ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader();
 		}
-		Properties props = new Properties();
 		Enumeration<URL> urls = (classLoaderToUse != null ? classLoaderToUse.getResources(resourceName) :
 				ClassLoader.getSystemResources(resourceName));
+		Properties props = new Properties();
 		while (urls.hasMoreElements()) {
 			URL url = urls.nextElement();
 			URLConnection con = url.openConnection();

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/SpringFactoriesLoader.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ public abstract class SpringFactoriesLoader {
 	public static List<String> loadFactoryNames(Class<?> factoryClass, ClassLoader classLoader) {
 		String factoryClassName = factoryClass.getName();
 		try {
-			List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
 			Enumeration<URL> urls = (classLoader != null ? classLoader.getResources(FACTORIES_RESOURCE_LOCATION) :
 					ClassLoader.getSystemResources(FACTORIES_RESOURCE_LOCATION));
+			List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
 			while (urls.hasMoreElements()) {
 				URL url = urls.nextElement();
 				Properties properties = PropertiesLoaderUtils.loadProperties(new UrlResource(url));

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/filter/AnnotationTypeFilter.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata;
 import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.MetadataReader;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
 /**
  * A simple filter which matches classes with a given annotation,
@@ -97,14 +98,14 @@ public class AnnotationTypeFilter extends AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter
 		if (Object.class.getName().equals(typeName)) {
 			return false;
 		}
-		else if (typeName.startsWith("java.")) {
+		else if (typeName.startsWith("java")) {
 			try {
-				Class<?> clazz = getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass(typeName);
+				Class<?> clazz = ClassUtils.forName(typeName, getClass().getClassLoader());
 				return ((this.considerMetaAnnotations ? AnnotationUtils.getAnnotation(clazz, this.annotationType) :
 						clazz.getAnnotation(this.annotationType)) != null);
 			}
-			catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
-				// Class not found - can't determine a match that way.
+			catch (Throwable ex) {
+				// Class not regularly loadable - can't determine a match that way.
 			}
 		}
 		return null;

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/filter/AssignableTypeFilter.java

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.core.type.filter;
 
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
+
 /**
  * A simple filter which matches classes that are assignable to a given type.
  *
@@ -61,13 +63,13 @@ public class AssignableTypeFilter extends AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter
 		else if (Object.class.getName().equals(typeName)) {
 			return false;
 		}
-		else if (typeName.startsWith("java.")) {
+		else if (typeName.startsWith("java")) {
 			try {
-				Class<?> clazz = getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass(typeName);
+				Class<?> clazz = ClassUtils.forName(typeName, getClass().getClassLoader());
 				return this.targetType.isAssignableFrom(clazz);
 			}
-			catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
-				// Class not found - can't determine a match that way.
+			catch (Throwable ex) {
+				// Class not regularly loadable - can't determine a match that way.
 			}
 		}
 		return null;

spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/StandardTypeLocator.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class StandardTypeLocator implements TypeLocator {
 	public Class<?> findType(String typeName) throws EvaluationException {
 		String nameToLookup = typeName;
 		try {
-			return this.classLoader.loadClass(nameToLookup);
+			return ClassUtils.forName(nameToLookup, this.classLoader);
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ey) {
 			// try any registered prefixes before giving up
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public class StandardTypeLocator implements TypeLocator {
 		for (String prefix : this.knownPackagePrefixes) {
 			try {
 				nameToLookup = prefix + "." + typeName;
-				return this.classLoader.loadClass(nameToLookup);
+				return ClassUtils.forName(nameToLookup, this.classLoader);
 			}
 			catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
 				// might be a different prefix

spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/SqlRowSetResultSetExtractor.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package org.springframework.jdbc.core;
 
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
-
 import javax.sql.rowset.CachedRowSet;
 import javax.sql.rowset.RowSetFactory;
 import javax.sql.rowset.RowSetProvider;
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ import javax.sql.rowset.RowSetProvider;
 import org.springframework.core.JdkVersion;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.support.rowset.ResultSetWrappingSqlRowSet;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.support.rowset.SqlRowSet;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
 /**
  * {@link ResultSetExtractor} implementation that returns a Spring {@link SqlRowSet}
@@ -134,12 +134,14 @@ public class SqlRowSetResultSetExtractor implements ResultSetExtractor<SqlRowSet
 	 */
 	private static class SunCachedRowSetFactory implements CachedRowSetFactory {
 
-		private static final Class<?> IMPLEMENTATION_CLASS;
+		private static final Class<?> implementationClass;
+
 		static {
 			try {
-				IMPLEMENTATION_CLASS = Class.forName("com.sun.rowset.CachedRowSetImpl");
+				implementationClass = ClassUtils.forName("com.sun.rowset.CachedRowSetImpl",
+						SqlRowSetResultSetExtractor.class.getClassLoader());
 			}
-			catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
+			catch (Throwable ex) {
 				throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
 			}
 		}
@@ -147,12 +149,9 @@ public class SqlRowSetResultSetExtractor implements ResultSetExtractor<SqlRowSet
 		@Override
 		public CachedRowSet createCachedRowSet() throws SQLException {
 			try {
-				return (CachedRowSet) IMPLEMENTATION_CLASS.newInstance();
-			}
-			catch (InstantiationException ex) {
-				throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
+				return (CachedRowSet) implementationClass.newInstance();
 			}
-			catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
+			catch (Throwable ex) {
 				throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
 			}
 		}

spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/metadata/OracleTableMetaDataProvider.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -56,9 +56,10 @@ public class OracleTableMetaDataProvider extends GenericTableMetaDataProvider {
 		lookupDefaultSchema(databaseMetaData);
 	}
 
+
 	@Override
 	protected String getDefaultSchema() {
-		if (defaultSchema != null) {
+		if (this.defaultSchema != null) {
 			return defaultSchema;
 		}
 		return super.getDefaultSchema();
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ public class OracleTableMetaDataProvider extends GenericTableMetaDataProvider {
 		}
 		boolean isOracleCon;
 		try {
-			Class<?> oracleConClass = getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass("oracle.jdbc.OracleConnection");
+			Class<?> oracleConClass = con.getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass("oracle.jdbc.OracleConnection");
 			isOracleCon = oracleConClass.isInstance(con);
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ public class OracleTableMetaDataProvider extends GenericTableMetaDataProvider {
 			ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(getIncludeSynonyms);
 			originalValueForIncludeSynonyms = (Boolean) getIncludeSynonyms.invoke(con);
 
-			setIncludeSynonyms = con.getClass().getMethod("setIncludeSynonyms", new Class<?>[] {boolean.class});
+			setIncludeSynonyms = con.getClass().getMethod("setIncludeSynonyms", boolean.class);
 			ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(setIncludeSynonyms);
 			setIncludeSynonyms.invoke(con, Boolean.TRUE);
 		}
@@ -126,8 +127,7 @@ public class OracleTableMetaDataProvider extends GenericTableMetaDataProvider {
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Oracle implementation for detecting current schema
-	 *
+	 * Oracle-based implementation for detecting the current schema.
 	 * @param databaseMetaData
 	 */
 	private void lookupDefaultSchema(DatabaseMetaData databaseMetaData) {
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ public class OracleTableMetaDataProvider extends GenericTableMetaDataProvider {
 					cstmt.close();
 				}
 			}
-		} catch (Exception ignore) {}
+		}
+		catch (Exception ignore) {
+		}
 	}
 
 }

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/TestContextManager.java

@@ -26,11 +26,13 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAttributes;
-import org.springframework.test.context.MetaAnnotationUtils.AnnotationDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.test.context.MetaAnnotationUtils.*;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 
 import static org.springframework.test.context.MetaAnnotationUtils.*;
@@ -159,8 +161,7 @@ public class TestContextManager {
 	 * registered for this {@code TestContextManager} in reverse order.
 	 */
 	private List<TestExecutionListener> getReversedTestExecutionListeners() {
-		List<TestExecutionListener> listenersReversed = new ArrayList<TestExecutionListener>(
-			getTestExecutionListeners());
+		List<TestExecutionListener> listenersReversed = new ArrayList<TestExecutionListener>(getTestExecutionListeners());
 		Collections.reverse(listenersReversed);
 		return listenersReversed;
 	}
@@ -234,9 +235,9 @@ public class TestContextManager {
 			}
 			catch (NoClassDefFoundError err) {
 				if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-					logger.info(String.format("Could not instantiate TestExecutionListener class [%s]. "
-							+ "Specify custom listener classes or make the default listener classes "
-							+ "(and their dependencies) available.", listenerClass.getName()));
+					logger.info(String.format("Could not instantiate TestExecutionListener class [%s]. " +
+							"Specify custom listener classes or make the default listener classes " +
+							"(and their dependencies) available.", listenerClass.getName()));
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -252,15 +253,15 @@ public class TestContextManager {
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	protected Set<Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>> getDefaultTestExecutionListenerClasses() {
 		Set<Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>> defaultListenerClasses = new LinkedHashSet<Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>>();
+		ClassLoader cl = getClass().getClassLoader();
 		for (String className : DEFAULT_TEST_EXECUTION_LISTENER_CLASS_NAMES) {
 			try {
-				defaultListenerClasses.add((Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>) getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass(
-					className));
+				defaultListenerClasses.add((Class<? extends TestExecutionListener>) ClassUtils.forName(className, cl));
 			}
-			catch (Throwable t) {
+			catch (Throwable ex) {
 				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-					logger.debug("Could not load default TestExecutionListener class [" + className
-							+ "]. Specify custom listener classes or make the default listener classes available.", t);
+					logger.debug("Could not load default TestExecutionListener class [" + className +
+							"]. Specify custom listener classes or make the default listener classes available.", ex);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -281,7 +282,7 @@ public class TestContextManager {
 	 * @see #getTestExecutionListeners()
 	 */
 	public void beforeTestClass() throws Exception {
-		final Class<?> testClass = getTestContext().getTestClass();
+		Class<?> testClass = getTestContext().getTestClass();
 		if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
 			logger.trace("beforeTestClass(): class [" + testClass + "]");
 		}
@@ -292,8 +293,8 @@ public class TestContextManager {
 				testExecutionListener.beforeTestClass(getTestContext());
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex) {
-				logger.warn("Caught exception while allowing TestExecutionListener [" + testExecutionListener
-						+ "] to process 'before class' callback for test class [" + testClass + "]", ex);
+				logger.warn("Caught exception while allowing TestExecutionListener [" + testExecutionListener +
+						"] to process 'before class' callback for test class [" + testClass + "]", ex);
 				throw ex;
 			}
 		}
@@ -325,8 +326,8 @@ public class TestContextManager {
 				testExecutionListener.prepareTestInstance(getTestContext());
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex) {
-				logger.error("Caught exception while allowing TestExecutionListener [" + testExecutionListener
-						+ "] to prepare test instance [" + testInstance + "]", ex);
+				logger.error("Caught exception while allowing TestExecutionListener [" + testExecutionListener +
+						"] to prepare test instance [" + testInstance + "]", ex);
 				throw ex;
 			}
 		}
@@ -362,9 +363,9 @@ public class TestContextManager {
 				testExecutionListener.beforeTestMethod(getTestContext());
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex) {
-				logger.warn("Caught exception while allowing TestExecutionListener [" + testExecutionListener
-						+ "] to process 'before' execution of test method [" + testMethod + "] for test instance ["
-						+ testInstance + "]", ex);
+				logger.warn("Caught exception while allowing TestExecutionListener [" + testExecutionListener +
+						"] to process 'before' execution of test method [" + testMethod + "] for test instance [" +
+						testInstance + "]", ex);
 				throw ex;
 			}
 		}
@@ -410,9 +411,9 @@ public class TestContextManager {
 				testExecutionListener.afterTestMethod(getTestContext());
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex) {
-				logger.warn("Caught exception while allowing TestExecutionListener [" + testExecutionListener
-						+ "] to process 'after' execution for test: method [" + testMethod + "], instance ["
-						+ testInstance + "], exception [" + exception + "]", ex);
+				logger.warn("Caught exception while allowing TestExecutionListener [" + testExecutionListener +
+						"] to process 'after' execution for test: method [" + testMethod + "], instance [" +
+						testInstance + "], exception [" + exception + "]", ex);
 				if (afterTestMethodException == null) {
 					afterTestMethodException = ex;
 				}
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ public class TestContextManager {
 	 * @see #getTestExecutionListeners()
 	 */
 	public void afterTestClass() throws Exception {
-		final Class<?> testClass = getTestContext().getTestClass();
+		Class<?> testClass = getTestContext().getTestClass();
 		if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
 			logger.trace("afterTestClass(): class [" + testClass + "]");
 		}
@@ -452,8 +453,8 @@ public class TestContextManager {
 				testExecutionListener.afterTestClass(getTestContext());
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex) {
-				logger.warn("Caught exception while allowing TestExecutionListener [" + testExecutionListener
-						+ "] to process 'after class' callback for test class [" + testClass + "]", ex);
+				logger.warn("Caught exception while allowing TestExecutionListener [" + testExecutionListener +
+						"] to process 'after class' callback for test class [" + testClass + "]", ex);
 				if (afterTestClassException == null) {
 					afterTestClassException = ex;
 				}

spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/server/standard/ServerEndpointExporter.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 4.0
- *
  * @see ServerEndpointRegistration
  * @see SpringConfigurator
  * @see ServletServerContainerFactoryBean
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ public class ServerEndpointExporter implements InitializingBean, BeanPostProcess
 	protected ServerContainer getServerContainer() {
 		Class<?> servletContextClass;
 		try {
-			servletContextClass = Class.forName("javax.servlet.ServletContext");
+			servletContextClass = ClassUtils.forName("javax.servlet.ServletContext", getClass().getClassLoader());
 		}
-		catch (Throwable e) {
+		catch (Throwable ex) {
 			return null;
 		}
 
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ public class ServerEndpointExporter implements InitializingBean, BeanPostProcess
 			ServerEndpointConfig sec = (ServerEndpointConfig) bean;
 			try {
 				if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-					logger.info("Registering bean '" + beanName
-							+ "' as javax.websocket.Endpoint under path " + sec.getPath());
+					logger.info("Registering bean '" + beanName +
+							"' as javax.websocket.Endpoint under path " + sec.getPath());
 				}
 				getServerContainer().addEndpoint(sec);
 			}