https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50282
Summary: Reference from javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.contextClassLoa der initalized in static code block prevents an undeployed Web application from being garbage collected (similar to #49669) Product: Tomcat 7 Version: 7.0.4 Platform: PC Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: Catalina AssignedTo: dev@tomcat.apache.org ReportedBy: justin.almqu...@pnl.gov The class javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext has a "contextClassLoader" field that I believe is causing a similar problem as identified in bug #49669, which is related to the class not being garbage collected even though the application has been undeployed. https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49669 I was able to notice this by deploying a very simple spring-based webapp that utilizes javax.security for authentication in which the LoginContext class is used. I then used YourKit profiler as specified in this writeup to find any lingering classes without instances: http://www.yourkit.com/docs/kb/class_loaders.jsp The following class had the most instances (inside of a WebappClassLoader): "contextClassLoader of javax.security.auth.login.Configuration [Class]" This looks almost identical to bug #49669 with the only difference being that the contextClassLoader field isn't static, however it is initialized in a static code block. Thus, it looks like the solution for bug #49669 would solve this problem as well. -- Configure bugmail: https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org