001/*
002 *  Copyright 2010, 2011 Christopher Pheby
003 *
004 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009 *
010 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014 *  limitations under the License.
015 */
016package org.jadira.bindings.core.utils.reflection;
017
018import org.jadira.bindings.core.jdk.ClassStringBinding;
019
020/**
021 * Utility methods related to {@link ClassLoader} resolution and the like
022 */
023public final class ClassLoaderUtils {
024
025    private ClassLoaderUtils() {
026    }
027    
028    /**
029     * Gets an appropriate {@link ClassLoader} for the current thread
030     * @return The ClassLoader
031     */
032    public static ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
033
034        ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
035
036        if (cl == null) {
037            cl = ClassStringBinding.class.getClassLoader();
038        }
039
040        return cl;
041    }
042}