When to use ThreadContextClassLoader vs ApplicationClassLoader

[David Holmes]

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Thanks,
David

On 19/04/2019 8:05 am, Sundara Mohan M wrote:
> Thanks a lot for sharing.
> 
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 1:36 PM yumin qi <yumin.qi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> You may check this doc:
>> https://docs.oracle.com/javase/jndi/tutorial/beyond/misc/classloader.html
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 12:08 PM Sundara Mohan M <m.sundar85 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>     I am trying to understand the class loader delegation concepts and came
>>> across this ThreadContextClassLoader.
>>>
>>> Can someone give me more info on why we need ThreadContextClassLoader if
>>> ApplicationClassLoader can be used all time?
>>> Any pointers on this topic will help me to understand this better.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Sundar
>>>
>>