Package org.apache.tomcat

Interface ContextBind

public interface ContextBind

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    ClassLoader
    bind(boolean usePrivilegedAction, ClassLoader originalClassLoader)
    Change the current thread context class loader to the web application class loader.
    void
    unbind(boolean usePrivilegedAction, ClassLoader originalClassLoader)
    Restore the current thread context class loader to the original class loader in used before bind(boolean, ClassLoader) was called.

  • Method Details

    • bind

      ClassLoader bind(boolean usePrivilegedAction, ClassLoader originalClassLoader)
      Change the current thread context class loader to the web application class loader. If no web application class loader is defined, or if the current thread is already using the web application class loader then no change will be made. If the class loader is changed and a
      invalid @link 
      org.apache.catalina.ThreadBindingListener
      is configured then
      invalid @link 
      org.apache.catalina.ThreadBindingListener#bind()
      will be called after the change has been made.
      Parameters:
      usePrivilegedAction - Should a PrivilegedAction be used when obtaining the current thread context class loader and setting the new one?
      originalClassLoader - The current class loader if known to save this method having to look it up
      Returns:
      If the class loader has been changed by the method it will return the thread context class loader in use when the method was called. If no change was made then this method returns null.

    • unbind

      void unbind(boolean usePrivilegedAction, ClassLoader originalClassLoader)
      Restore the current thread context class loader to the original class loader in used before bind(boolean, ClassLoader) was called. If no original class loader is passed to this method then no change will be made. If the class loader is changed and a
      invalid @link 
      org.apache.catalina.ThreadBindingListener
      is configured then
      invalid @link 
      org.apache.catalina.ThreadBindingListener#unbind()
      will be called before the change is made.
      Parameters:
      usePrivilegedAction - Should a PrivilegedAction be used when setting the current thread context class loader?
      originalClassLoader - The class loader to restore as the thread context class loader