private DbOOAdt findClassByName(DbJVPackage pack, String classname) throws DbException {
    DbJVClass foundClass = null;

    DbRelationN relN = (pack == null) ? m_classModel.getComponents() : pack.getComponents();
    DbEnumeration enu = relN.elements(DbJVClass.metaClass);
    while (enu.hasMoreElements()) {
      DbJVClass claz = (DbJVClass) enu.nextElement();
      String name = claz.getName();
      if (classname.equals(name)) {
        foundClass = claz;
        break;
      }
    } // end while
    enu.close();

    if (foundClass == null) {
      JVClassCategory catg = JVClassCategory.getInstance(JVClassCategory.CLASS);
      foundClass = (pack == null) ? new DbJVClass(m_classModel, catg) : new DbJVClass(pack, catg);
      foundClass.setName(classname);
      types.put(classname, foundClass);
    }

    return foundClass;
  } // end findClassByName()