code: protected ResourceHandle getClassHandle(final String name)
      {
          String path = name.replace('.', '/').concat(".class");
          return getResourceHandle(path);
      }
docs: Finds the ResourceHandle object for the class with the specified name. Unlike <code>findClass()</code>, this
  method does not load the class.
  
  @param name the name of the class
  @return the ResourceHandle of the class