code: public static Class<?> forName(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
          ClassLoader ctxLoader = null;
          try {
              ctxLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
              return Class.forName(name, true, ctxLoader);
  
          } catch(ClassNotFoundException ex) {
              // try to fall through and use the default
              // Class.forName
              //if(ctxLoader == null) { throw ex; }
          } catch(SecurityException ex) {
          }
          return Class.forName(name);
      }
docs: A utility for using the current class loader (rather than the
  system class loader) when instantiating a new class.
  <p>
  The idea is that the thread's current loader might have an
  obscure notion of what your class filePath is (e.g. an app server) that
  will not be captured properly by the system class loader.
  <p>
  taken from http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=1720229
  
  @param name class name to load
  @return the newly loaded class
  @throws  ClassNotFoundException ClassNotFoundException