@Test
  public void testSimpleClassLoader() throws Exception {
    System.out.println("\nStarting ClassPathLoaderTest#testSimpleClassLoader");

    ClassLoader cl = new SimpleClassLoader(getClass().getClassLoader());
    String classToLoad = "java.lang.String";

    Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(classToLoad, true, cl);
    assertThat(clazz).isNotNull();

    String resourceToGet = "java/lang/String.class";

    URL url = cl.getResource(resourceToGet);
    assertThat(url).isNotNull();

    InputStream is = cl.getResourceAsStream(resourceToGet);
    assertThat(is).isNotNull();
  }
Verifies that the {@link SimpleClassLoader} works and finds classes that the parent can find.
This is a control which ensures that tests depending on <tt>SimpleClassLoader</tt> are valid.
geode-core/src/test/java/org/apache/geode/internal/classloader/ClassPathLoaderTest.java