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package org.apache.catalina.util;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectStreamClass;

/**
 * Custom subclass of <code>ObjectInputStream</code> that loads from the
 * class loader for this web application.  This allows classes defined only
 * with the web application to be found correctly.
 *
 * @author Craig R. McClanahan
 * @author Bip Thelin
 * @version $Revision: 1.3 $, $Date: 2007/05/05 05:32:30 $
 */

public final class CustomObjectInputStream
    extends ObjectInputStream {


    /**
     * The class loader we will use to resolve classes.
     */
    private ClassLoader classLoader = null;


    /**
     * Construct a new instance of CustomObjectInputStream
     *
     * @param stream The input stream we will read from
     * @param classLoader The class loader used to instantiate objects
     *
     * @exception IOException if an input/output error occurs
     */
    public CustomObjectInputStream(InputStream stream,
                                   ClassLoader classLoader)
        throws IOException {

        super(stream);
        this.classLoader = classLoader;
    }


    /**
     * Load the local class equivalent of the specified stream class
     * description, by using the class loader assigned to this Context.
     *
     * @param classDesc Class description from the input stream
     *
     * @exception ClassNotFoundException if this class cannot be found
     * @exception IOException if an input/output error occurs
     */
    public Class resolveClass(ObjectStreamClass classDesc)
        throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException {
        return Class.forName(classDesc.getName(), false, classLoader);
    }


}