return (lastDot < 0) ? "" : classFullName.substring(0, lastDot);
  }

  /**
   * Ensures that the given classes are initialized, as described in <a
   * href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/execution.html#12.4.2">JLS Section
   * 12.4.2</a>.
   *
   * <p>WARNING: Normally it's a smell if a class needs to be explicitly initialized, because static