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package org.apache.logging.log4j.util;

import java.security.AccessController;
import java.security.PrivilegedAction;

/**
 * Utility class for ClassLoaders. Consider this class private.
 */
// TODO: migrate any other useful methods from Loader in log4j-core
public final class LoaderUtil {
    private LoaderUtil() {}

    private static final PrivilegedAction<ClassLoader> TCCL_GETTER = new ThreadContextClassLoaderGetter();

    static {
        final SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
        if (sm != null) {
            sm.checkPermission(new RuntimePermission("getClassLoader"));
        }
    }

    public static ClassLoader getThreadContextClassLoader() {
        return System.getSecurityManager() == null
            ? TCCL_GETTER.run()
            : AccessController.doPrivileged(TCCL_GETTER);
    }

    private static class ThreadContextClassLoaderGetter implements PrivilegedAction<ClassLoader> {
        @Override
        public ClassLoader run() {
            final ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
            // if the TCCL is null, that means we're using the system CL
            return cl == null ? ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader() : cl;
        }
    }
}

Add LoaderUtil class to isolate ClassLoader utility class.