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  1. Apache Avro
  2. AVRO-1425

Fallback to thread context class loader in SpecificData.getClass()

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Open
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • 1.7.5
    • None
    • java
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    Description

      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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        1. AVRO-1425.patch
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          Bertrand Delacretaz

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          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. AVRO-987 Make Avro OSGi ready

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              bdelacretaz Bertrand Delacretaz
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