#fixed code
                                public static Class findClass(VariableResolverFactory factory, String name, ParserContext ctx) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        try {
            if (LITERALS.containsKey(name)) {
                return (Class) LITERALS.get(name);
            }
            else if (factory != null && factory.isResolveable(name)) {
                return (Class) factory.getVariableResolver(name).getValue();
            }
            else {
                return createClass(name, ctx);
            }
        }
        catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            throw e;
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            throw new CompileException("class not found: " + name, e);
        }
    }
#vulnerable code 
                                public static Class findClass(VariableResolverFactory factory, String name, ParserContext ctx) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        try {
            if (LITERALS.containsKey(name)) {
                return (Class) LITERALS.get(name);
            }
            else if (factory != null && factory.isResolveable(name)) {
                return (Class) factory.getVariableResolver(name).getValue();
            }
            else if (ctx != null && ctx.hasImport(name)) {
                return getCurrentThreadParserContext().getImport(name);
            }
            else {
                return createClass(name);
            }
        }
        catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            throw e;
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            throw new CompileException("class not found: " + name, e);
        }
    } 
                            #location 10 
                            #vulnerability type NULL_DEREFERENCE