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Test case 139786

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CWE: 470 Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code (Unsafe Reflection)
BadSource: getQueryString_Servlet Parse id param out of the URL query string (without using getParameter())
GoodSource: Set data to a hardcoded class name
Sinks:
BadSink : Instantiate class named in data
Flow Variant: 54 Data flow: data passed as an argument from one method through three others to a fifth; all five functions are in different classes in the same package

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