Fixes #3090. Create friendlier API for swapping current thread contex…

…t classloader
jruby · Jul 1, 2015 · c61f2bb · c61f2bb
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diff --git a/core/src/main/ruby/jruby/jruby.rb b/core/src/main/ruby/jruby/jruby.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ def with_current_runtime_as_global
       end
     end
 
+    # Change the current threads context classloader.  By, default call
+    # with no arguments to replace it with JRuby's class loader.
+    def set_context_class_loader(loader = JRuby.runtime.jruby_class_loader)
+      java.lang.Thread.currentThread.setContextClassLoader loader
+    end
+
     # Parse the given block or the provided content, returning a JRuby AST node.
     def parse(content = nil, filename = (default_filename = true; '-'), extra_position_info = false, lineno = 0, &block)
       if block