code: public JavaClass readFromClassPath(String classFile)
      throws IOException
    {
      Thread thread = Thread.currentThread();
      ClassLoader loader = thread.getContextClassLoader();
      
      InputStream is = loader.getResourceAsStream(classFile);
      try {
        return parse(is);
      } finally {
        is.close();
      }
    }
docs: Reads the class from the classpath.