Index: src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/core/DefaultClassMapper.java
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RCS file: /scm/xstream/xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/core/DefaultClassMapper.java,v
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -r1.11 DefaultClassMapper.java
--- src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/core/DefaultClassMapper.java	8 Jul 2004 07:06:19 -0000	1.11
+++ src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/core/DefaultClassMapper.java	18 Jul 2004 14:00:37 -0000
@@ -139,12 +139,7 @@
                     result = loadClass(className.toString());
                     // otherwise look it up like normal
                 } else {
-                    StringBuffer className = new StringBuffer();
-                    for (int i = 0; i < arrayDepth; i++) {
-                        className.append('[');
-                    }
-                    className.append('L').append(elementName).append(';');
-                    result = loadClass(className.toString());
+                    result = loadArrayClass(arrayDepth, elementName);
                 }
             } else {
                 result = loadClass(elementName);
@@ -156,7 +151,21 @@
         return result;
     }
 
-    private Class loadClass(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+    protected Class loadArrayClass(int arrayDepth, String elementName) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+        String className = buildArrayClassName(arrayDepth, elementName);
+        return loadClass(className);
+    }
+
+    protected String buildArrayClassName(int arrayDepth, String className) {
+        StringBuffer arrayClassName = new StringBuffer();
+        for (int i = 0; i < arrayDepth; i++) {
+            arrayClassName.append('[');
+        }
+        arrayClassName.append('L').append(className).append(';');
+        return arrayClassName.toString();
+    }
+
+    protected Class loadClass(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException {
         try {
             return Class.forName(className);
         } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {