ReflectHelper#classForName should not catch Exception ----------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-837 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-837 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Components: core Reporter: Steven Devijver Priority: Minor The classForName method in ReflectHelper should not catch Exception. Class loaders can throw other exceptions like LinkageError that should not be catched by Hibernate. Catching ClassNotFoundException is more appropriate.