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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Alfresco, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 1.1 
+ * with a permitted attribution clause. You may obtain a
+ * copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.alfresco.org/legal/license.txt
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.alfresco.util;
+
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
+
+/**
+ * Helper class to provide static and common access to the Spring
+ * {@link org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext application context}.
+ * 
+ * @author Derek Hulley
+ */
+public class ApplicationContextHelper
+{
+    /** location of required configuration files */
+    public static final String[] CONFIG_LOCATIONS = new String[] { "classpath:alfresco/application-context.xml" };
+    
+    /**
+     * Instantiates a new application context.
+     * 
+     * @return Returns a new application context
+     */
+    public static ApplicationContext getApplicationContext()
+    {
+        return new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(CONFIG_LOCATIONS);
+    }
+}