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    /**
     * Returns the class with the given <a href="#name">binary name</a> if this
     * loader has been recorded by the Java virtual machine as an initiating
     * loader of a class with that <a href="#name">binary name</a>.  Otherwise
     * <tt>null</tt> is returned.
     *
     * @param  name
     *         The <a href="#name">binary name</a> of the class
     *
     * @return  The <tt>Class</tt> object, or <tt>null</tt> if the class has
     *          not been loaded
     *
     * @since  1.1
     */
    protected final Class<?> findLoadedClass(String name) {
        if (!checkName(name))
            return null;
        return findLoadedClass0(name);
    }

    private native final Class<?> findLoadedClass0(String name);