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017package org.apache.xbean.classloader;
018
019import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
020
021/**
022 * A factory bean to expose the current thread context class loader.
023 * 
024 * * @org.apache.xbean.XBean namespace="http://xbean.apache.org/schemas/classloader"
025 *                         element="threadContextClassLoader" description="References the ClassLoader of the current thread context"
026 * @version $Revision: 437551 $
027 */
028public class ThreadContextClassLoaderFactoryBean implements FactoryBean {
029
030    public Object getObject() throws Exception {
031        return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
032    }
033
034    public Class getObjectType() {
035        return ClassLoader.class;
036    }
037
038    public boolean isSingleton() {
039        return true;
040    }
041}