diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/serialization/ClassloaderClassResolver.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/serialization/ClassloaderClassResolver.java
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--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/serialization/ClassloaderClassResolver.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
- *
- * Red Hat licenses this file to you under the Apache License, version 2.0
- * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
- * License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at:
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
- * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
- * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.serialization;
-
-class ClassLoaderClassResolver implements ClassResolver {
-
-    private final ClassLoader classLoader;
-
-    ClassLoaderClassResolver(ClassLoader classLoader) {
-        this.classLoader = classLoader;
-    }
-
-    
-    /*
-     * (non-Javadoc)
-     * @see org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.serialization.ClassResolver#resolve(java.lang.String)
-     */
-    public Class<?> resolve(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException {
-        try {
-            return classLoader.loadClass(className);
-        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-            return Class.forName(className, false, classLoader);
-        }
-    }
-
-}