[TIKA-441] Sometimes, tika not working (crashed) because of null classloader

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.8
• Component/s: general
• Labels: class_loader daemon windows

Environment

MS Windows with tika running under Apache Commons Daemon (procrun)

• Assignee: Jukka Zitting
• Reporter: Alex Ott
• Created: 15/Jun/10 18:53
• Updated: 16/Jun/10 19:12
• Resolved: 16/Jun/10 19:09

Description

I used Tika inside application, that should run as MS Windows service via Apache Commons Daemon - procrun (http://commons.apache.org/daemon/procrun.html). When it was running under procrun, then Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader() returned null instead ClassLoader's instance. I made a workaround in my app by explicitly setting classloader for current thread. I'll attach fix, that should use system class loader if getContextClassLoader will return null