protected Class searchParent(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
    Class c;
    if (getParent() != null) {
      c = getParent().loadClass(name);
    } else {
      c = getSystemClassLoader().loadClass(name);
    }
    return c;
  }
We override the parent-first behavior established by java.lang.Classloader.
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/classloader/ChildFirstClassLoader.java