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+package org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.velocity.exception.VelocityException;
+import org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeServices;
+import org.apache.velocity.util.ClassUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Factory to grab a template loader.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:jvanzyl@apache.org">Jason van Zyl</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class ResourceLoaderFactory
+{
+    /**
+     * Gets the loader specified in the configuration file.
+     * @param rs
+     * @param loaderClassName
+     * @return TemplateLoader
+     */
+    public static ResourceLoader getLoader(RuntimeServices rs, String loaderClassName)
+    {
+        ResourceLoader loader = null;
+
+        try
+        {
+            loader = (ResourceLoader) ClassUtils.getNewInstance( loaderClassName );
+
+            rs.getLog().debug("ResourceLoader instantiated: {}", loader.getClass().getName());
+
+            return loader;
+        }
+        // The ugly three strike again: ClassNotFoundException,IllegalAccessException,InstantiationException
+        catch(Exception e)
+        {
+            String msg = "Problem instantiating the template loader: "+loaderClassName+"." + System.lineSeparator() +
+                "Look at your properties file and make sure the" + System.lineSeparator() +
+                "name of the template loader is correct.";
+            rs.getLog().error(msg, e);
+            throw new VelocityException(msg, e);
+        }
+    }
+}