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1   package com.atlassian.plugin.util;
2   
3   import java.util.Deque;
4   import java.util.LinkedList;
5   
6   /**
7    * This utility provides a thread local stack of {@link ClassLoader}s.
8    * The current "top" of the stack is the thread's current context class loader.
9    * This can be used when implementing delegating plugin {@link java.util.logging.Filter}s or {@link javax.servlet.Servlet}s
10   * that need to set the {@link ClassLoader} to the {@link com.atlassian.plugin.classloader.PluginClassLoader} the filter
11   * or servlet is declared in.
12   *
13   * @since 2.5.0
14   */
15  public class ClassLoaderStack
16  {
17      // We don't override initialValue as tomcat logs warnings if there is an object
18      // left in the thread local (even if it is an empty list)
19      private static final ThreadLocal<Deque<ClassLoader>> classLoaderStack = new ThreadLocal<Deque<ClassLoader>>();
20  
21      /**
22       * Makes the given classLoader the new ContextClassLoader for this thread, and pushes the current ContextClassLoader
23       * onto a ThreadLocal stack so that we can do a {@link #pop} operation later to return to that ContextClassLoader.
24       *
25       * <p>
26       * Passing null is allowed and will act as a no-op. This means that you can safely {@link #pop} a ClassLoader and {@link #push} it back in
27       * and it will work safely whether the stack was empty at time of {@link #pop} or not.
28       *
29       * @param loader The new ClassLoader to set as ContextClassLoader.
30       */
31      public static void push(ClassLoader loader)
32      {
33          if (loader == null)
34          {
35              return;
36          }
37  
38          Deque<ClassLoader> stack = classLoaderStack.get();
39          if (stack == null)
40          {
41              stack = new LinkedList<ClassLoader>();
42              classLoaderStack.set(stack);
43          }
44          stack.push(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
45          Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(loader);
46      }
47  
48      /**
49       * Pops the current ContextClassLoader off the stack, setting the new ContextClassLoader to the previous one on the stack.
50       * <ul>
51       * <li>If the stack is not empty, then the current ClassLoader is replaced by the previous one on the stack, and then returned.</li>
52       * <li>If the stack is empty, then null is returned and the current ContextClassLoader is not changed.</li>
53       * </ul>
54       *
55       * @return the previous ContextClassLoader that was just replaced, or null if the stack is empty.
56       */
57      public static ClassLoader pop()
58      {
59          Deque<ClassLoader> stack = classLoaderStack.get();
60          if (stack == null || stack.isEmpty())
61          {
62              return null;
63          }
64          ClassLoader currentClassLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
65          Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(stack.pop());
66          if (stack.isEmpty())
67          {
68              classLoaderStack.remove();
69          }
70  
71          return currentClassLoader;
72      }
73  }