Where did this class come from?

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Published on 2010-04-13T18:58:26Z Indexed on 2010/04/13 19:03 UTC
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How would you go about establishing where a class ( or maybe resource ) has been loaded from?

I am trying to work out exactly where a class has been loaded from. Does anyone know if you can find out the following:

Which Jar file did the class come from ?
What classloader loaded the file?

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