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package com.sun.jndi.ldap;

import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;

abstract class VersionHelper {

    private static VersionHelper helper = null;

    VersionHelper() {} // Disallow anyone from creating one of these.

    static {
        try {
            Class.forName("java.net.URLClassLoader"); // 1.2 test
            Class.forName("java.security.PrivilegedAction"); // 1.2 test
            helper = (VersionHelper)
                Class.forName(
                    "com.sun.jndi.ldap.VersionHelper12").newInstance();
        } catch (Exception e) {
        }

        // Use 1.1 helper if 1.2 test fails, or if we cannot create 1.2 helper
        if (helper == null) {
            try {
                helper = (VersionHelper)
                    Class.forName(
                        "com.sun.jndi.ldap.VersionHelper11").newInstance();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                // should never happen
            }
        }
    }

    static VersionHelper getVersionHelper() {
        return helper;
    }

    abstract ClassLoader getURLClassLoader(String[] url)
        throws MalformedURLException;


    static protected URL[] getUrlArray(String[] url) throws MalformedURLException {
        URL[] urlArray = new URL[url.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < urlArray.length; i++) {
            urlArray[i] = new URL(url[i]);
        }
        return urlArray;
    }

    abstract Class loadClass(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException;

    abstract Thread createThread(Runnable r);
}