Fwd: Improving conformance testing modularity

One correction that someone brought to my attention:

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> a. What does getContributionLocation(Class<?> testClass) do? I  
> believe it returns a URL for the contribution archive assuming the  
> "testClass" is in it. If this is the case, why are the test classes  
> bundled in the contribution archive? My assumption is the  
> following:  the contents of a contribution archive should not be  
> visible to the test client classloader. The test harness should also  
> ensure that the contents of the contributions are visible to the  
> classloader used to boot the SCA runtime.

The last line should read: "The test harness should also ensure that  
the contents of the contributions are *not* visible to the classloader  
used to boot the SCA runtime."

Jim