[jira] [Created] (AVRO-1425) Fallback to thread context class loader in SpecificData.getClass()

["Bertrand Delacretaz (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Bertrand Delacretaz created AVRO-1425:
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             Summary: Fallback to thread context class loader in SpecificData.getClass()
                 Key: AVRO-1425
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1425
             Project: Avro
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: java
    Affects Versions: 1.7.5
            Reporter: Bertrand Delacretaz
            Priority: Minor


While trying to implement a simple Avro serializer that works in an OSGi environment I stumbled on the fact that SpecificData.getClass() only uses its own ClassLoader. Letting it fallback to the thread context class loader (TCCL) makes it more OSGi-friendly, as callers can then set the TCCL as needed.

AVRO-987, which hasn't been applied and is now stale, is about making Avro fully OSGi compliant and would fix my issue as well, but I tried to aim for the minimal changes that work for me (patch follows).

My use case is at https://github.com/bdelacretaz/avro-osgi-test - at commit e3b4c47839 there my test passes with the attached patch applied to avro trunk revision 1552851.



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