code: public static Class<?> getType(String className)
      {
          ClassLoader classLoader=ReflectionHelper.getThreadContextClassLoader();
          Class<?> type=null;
          try
          {
              //load class definition
              type=classLoader.loadClass(className);
          }
          catch(ClassNotFoundException exception)
          {
              throw new FaxException("Unable to load class: "+className,exception);
          }
          
          return type;
      }
docs: This function returns the class based on the class name.
  
  @param   className
  The class name of the requested type
  @return  The type