this article goes a bit in-depth about the topic:
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javaqa/2003-06/01-qa-0606-load.html
but it doesn’t make it THAT clear which to use
am I correct in generalizing it into: if the resource is not in the same jar as the class - then use the context loader? - else use the classloader directly
or should one just always use the context ?