[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (JBAS-4437) Log4jProxy in commons-logging fork throws NPE if TCCL is null

Log4jProxy in commons-logging fork throws NPE if TCCL is null ------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBAS-4437 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-4437 Project: JBoss Application Server Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public (Everyone can see) Components: Logging Affects Versions: JBossAS-4.2.0.GA, JBossAS-4.0.5.GA Reporter: Brian Stansberry Assigned To: Scott M Stark The Log4jProxy class in the JCL fork has this: ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader(); // Validate that TCL can actually see the log4j classes try { Class levelClass = loader.loadClass("org.apache.log4j.Level"); ... } catch(ClassNotFoundException e) { // No, hack to fall back to this class' class loader loader = Log4jProxy.class.getClassLoader(); } This throws an NPE if the TCCL is null. On a recent case a finalize() method ended up trying to instantiate a logger; failed because the Finalizer thread didn't have a TCCL set. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira