Is it safe to use the TCCL from a class static initialiser in Java

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Issue

  • We have code which uses Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader() in a static {} block or from a "static Type var = ..." line in our class. Is it safe to use that?

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
  • Java

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