src/main/java/org/jboss/util/propertyeditor/ClassEditor.java
public Object getValue()
   {
      try
      {
         ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
         String classname = getAsText();
         Class<?> type = loader.loadClass(classname);

         return type;
      }
      catch (Exception e)
      {
         throw new NestedRuntimeException(e);
      }
   }
public Object getValue()
   {
      try
      {
         ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
         String classname = getAsText();
         Class<?> type = loader.loadClass(classname);

         return type;
      }
      catch (Exception e)
      {
         throw new NestedRuntimeException(e);
      }
   }
Returns a Class for the input object converted to a string.

@return a Class object

@throws NestedRuntimeException   Failed to create Class instance.