code: static private Class findClassFor(String s) throws ClassNotFoundException
  	{ 
  		int endClassIndex = s.indexOf('[');
  		if (endClassIndex>=0) s = s.substring(0,endClassIndex);
  		try {
  			return Class.forName(s);
  		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
  			return Class.forName("com.wcohen.ss."+s);
  		}
  	}
docs: find xxx in a string of the form xxx[yyy=zzz] or xxxx