@classmethod
def get_dialect_cls(cls, url):
    """Given a URL, return the :class:`.Dialect` that will be used.

        This is a hook that allows an external plugin to provide functionality
        around an existing dialect, by allowing the plugin to be loaded
        from the url based on an entrypoint, and then the plugin returns
        the actual dialect to be used.

        By default this just returns the cls.

        .. versionadded:: 1.0.3

        """
    return cls
