No freakin' way to get hold of classloader via propertypath or spel?

Hi - I'm trying to get the classloader for a class via properypaths or spring expressions - but no way:

(bacServiceModuleInspector is a bean I have defined).

This:
<property name="classLoader" value="#{@bacServiceModuleInspector.Class.getClass Loader()}" />
fails with:
org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelEvaluation Exception: EL1008E:(pos 33): Field or property 'ClassLoader' cannot be found on object of type 'com.mycompany.BacServiceModuleInspector'


This fails as well:
#{T(com.edb.payment.pays.core.util.bac.BacServiceM oduleInspector).getClass().getClassLoader()}

as well as:
<util:property-path path="bacServiceModuleInspector.class.classLoader" />


is there something magic about getting classLoader of a class?

I was wondering, can I find some kind of magic wand that will fix all these problems?
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One year later, and yet another frustrated programmer hits this particular wall. Any call to someClass.getClassLoader() returns null. I just want to getResourceAsStream() to see if a particular resource exists. Crap.