public static URL getURL(String resourceLocation) throws FileNotFoundException {
		Assert.notNull(resourceLocation, "Resource location must not be null");
		if (resourceLocation.startsWith(CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX)) {
			String path = resourceLocation.substring(CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX.length());
			URL url = SpringClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader().getResource(path);
			if (url == null) {
				String description = "class path resource [" + path + "]";
				throw new FileNotFoundException(
						description + " cannot be resolved to URL because it does not exist");
			}
			return url;
		}
		try {
			// try URL
			return new URL(resourceLocation);
		}
		catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
			// no URL -> treat as file path
			try {
				return new File(resourceLocation).toURI().toURL();
			}
			catch (MalformedURLException ex2) {
				throw new FileNotFoundException("Resource location [" + resourceLocation +
						"] is neither a URL not a well-formed file path");
			}
		}
	}