Question : programmatically find WebappsClassLoader in tomcat

I need to load the correct classloader for jpa implementation. that would be the WebappClassLoader in Tomcat. but because my lib class is in the shared lib directory, when I call

getClass().getClassLoader()

I got the org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader instead. as a result hibernate provider is not able to find the classes under WEB-INF/classes.

does any one know how to specifically find the WebappClassLoader inside a program?

Answer : programmatically find WebappsClassLoader in tomcat

>>it needs to grab a web app specific class using the correct class loader.

If you mean you want a common lib class to access a specific web app's classes, that can't be done.

Moreover, it shouldn't need to be