Index: /trunk/modules/beans/src/main/java/java/beans/Beans.java =================================================================== --- /trunk/modules/beans/src/main/java/java/beans/Beans.java (revision 394605) +++ /trunk/modules/beans/src/main/java/java/beans/Beans.java (working copy) @@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ // skip exception } } - + if (cls == null) + cls=ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(); if(result == null) { try { Class c = Class.forName(beanName, true, cls);