question: protected Class < ? > resolveClass ( ObjectStreamClass classDesc ) throws IOException , ClassNotFoundException { Object annotation = readLocation ( ) ; String className = classDesc . getName ( ) ; ClassLoader defaultLoader = skipDefaultResolveClass ? null : latestUserDefinedLoader ( ) ; String codebase = null ; if ( ! useCodebaseOnly && annotation instanceof String ) { codebase = ( String ) annotation ; } try { return RMIClassLoader . loadClass ( codebase , className , defaultLoader ) ; } catch ( AccessControlException e ) { return checkSunClass ( className , e ) ; } catch ( ClassNotFoundException e ) { try { if ( Character . isLowerCase ( className . charAt ( 0 ) ) && className . indexOf ( '.' ) == - 1 ) { return super . resolveClass ( classDesc ) ; } } catch ( ClassNotFoundException e2 ) { } throw e ; } }
target:  resolveClass is extended to acquire (if present) the location from which to load the specified class. It will find, load, and return the class.