Example #1
1
  /**
   * Return the value for a given name from the System Properties or the Environmental Variables.
   * The former overrides the latter.
   *
   * @param name - the name of the System Property or Environmental Variable
   * @return the value of the variable or null if it was not found
   */
  public static String getEnvOrProp(String name) {
    // System properties override env. variables
    String envVal = System.getenv(name);
    String sysPropVal = System.getProperty(name);

    if (sysPropVal != null) return sysPropVal;

    return envVal;
  }
Example #2
0
  /** Utility routine for setting the context class loader. Returns previous class loader. */
  public static ClassLoader setContextClassLoader(ClassLoader newClassLoader) {

    // Can only reference final local variables from dopriveleged block
    final ClassLoader classLoaderToSet = newClassLoader;

    final Thread currentThread = Thread.currentThread();
    ClassLoader originalClassLoader = currentThread.getContextClassLoader();

    if (classLoaderToSet != originalClassLoader) {
      if (System.getSecurityManager() == null) {
        currentThread.setContextClassLoader(classLoaderToSet);
      } else {
        java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(
            new java.security.PrivilegedAction() {
              public java.lang.Object run() {
                currentThread.setContextClassLoader(classLoaderToSet);
                return null;
              }
            });
      }
    }
    return originalClassLoader;
  }