Return the context classloader.

       
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import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;

/**
 * A collection of class management utility methods.
 *
 * @version $Id: ClassUtils.java 587751 2007-10-24 02:41:36Z vgritsenko $
 */
public class ClassUtils {



    /**
     * Return the context classloader.
     * BL: if this is command line operation, the classloading issues
     *     are more sane.  During servlet execution, we explicitly set
     *     the ClassLoader.
     *
     * @return The context classloader.
     */
    public static ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
        return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
    }
}

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