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            var td:TypeDescriptor = new TypeDescriptor();
            var s:String = getQualifiedClassName(_classType);
            var xml:XML = describeType(s);
            var t2:TypeDescriptor = td.fromXML(xml, loaderInfo.applicationDomain);
            // t2.description.extendsClass.type == "Object"
            // t2.superClasses == ["Object"]