getContextClassLoader is null in Managed thread factory

In our code where we are getting class loader, Rather than using context class loader we are trying to get the current objects class loader and setting it to current threads class loader and in finally block resetting the class loader to original value. try { final ClassLoader classLoader = Thread .currentThread().getContextClassLoader(); if (classLoader == null ) { Thread .currentThread().setContextClassLoader( this .getClass().getClassLoader()); } clazz = Class .forName(className, true , classLoader); } catch ( final Exception e) { throw new JbpmClassNotFoundException( "couldn't load class " + className, e); } finally { Thread .currentThread().setContextClassLoader(classLoader); } We don't know the consequence of this work around to our application.