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17
18 package org.apache.commons.logging.impl;
19
20 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
21 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
22
23 import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
24 import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
25
26 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
27
28 /**
29 * This class is capable of receiving notifications about the undeployment of
30 * a webapp, and responds by ensuring that commons-logging releases all
31 * memory associated with the undeployed webapp.
32 * <p>
33 * In general, the WeakHashtable support added in commons-logging release 1.1
34 * ensures that logging classes do not hold references that prevent an
35 * undeployed webapp's memory from being garbage-collected even when multiple
36 * copies of commons-logging are deployed via multiple class loaders (a
37 * situation that earlier versions had problems with). However there are
38 * some rare cases where the WeakHashtable approach does not work; in these
39 * situations specifying this class as a listener for the web application will
40 * ensure that all references held by commons-logging are fully released.
41 * <p>
42 * To use this class, configure the webapp deployment descriptor to call
43 * this class on webapp undeploy; the contextDestroyed method will tell
44 * every accessible LogFactory class that the entry in its map for the
45 * current webapp's context class loader should be cleared.
46 *
47 * @since 1.1
48 */
49 public class ServletContextCleaner implements ServletContextListener {
50
51 private static final Class<?>[] RELEASE_SIGNATURE = { ClassLoader.class };
52
53 /**
54 * Constructs a new instance.
55 */
56 public ServletContextCleaner() {
57 // empty
58 }
59
60 /**
61 * Invoked when a webapp is undeployed, this tells the LogFactory
62 * class to release any logging information related to the current
63 * contextClassloader.
64 */
65 @Override
66 public void contextDestroyed(final ServletContextEvent sce) {
67 final ClassLoader tccl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
68
69 final Object[] params = new Object[1];
70 params[0] = tccl;
71
72 // Walk up the tree of class loaders, finding all the available
73 // LogFactory classes and releasing any objects associated with
74 // the tccl (ie the webapp).
75 //
76 // When there is only one LogFactory in the classpath, and it
77 // is within the webapp being undeployed then there is no problem;
78 // garbage collection works fine.
79 //
80 // When there are multiple LogFactory classes in the classpath but
81 // parent-first classloading is used everywhere, this loop is really
82 // short. The first instance of LogFactory found will
83 // be the highest in the classpath, and then no more will be found.
84 // This is ok, as with this setup this will be the only LogFactory
85 // holding any data associated with the tccl being released.
86 //
87 // When there are multiple LogFactory classes in the classpath and
88 // child-first classloading is used in any class loader, then multiple
89 // LogFactory instances may hold info about this TCCL; whenever the
90 // webapp makes a call into a class loaded via an ancestor class loader
91 // and that class calls LogFactory the tccl gets registered in
92 // the LogFactory instance that is visible from the ancestor
93 // class loader. However the concrete logging library it points
94 // to is expected to have been loaded via the TCCL, so the
95 // underlying logging lib is only initialized/configured once.
96 // These references from ancestor LogFactory classes down to
97 // TCCL class loaders are held via weak references and so should
98 // be released but there are circumstances where they may not.
99 // Walking up the class loader ancestry ladder releasing
100 // the current tccl at each level tree, though, will definitely
101 // clear any problem references.
102 ClassLoader loader = tccl;
103 while (loader != null) {
104 // Load via the current loader. Note that if the class is not accessible
105 // via this loader, but is accessible via some ancestor then that class
106 // will be returned.
107 try {
108 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
109 final Class<LogFactory> logFactoryClass = (Class<LogFactory>) loader.loadClass("org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory");
110 final Method releaseMethod = logFactoryClass.getMethod("release", RELEASE_SIGNATURE);
111 releaseMethod.invoke(null, params);
112 loader = logFactoryClass.getClassLoader().getParent();
113 } catch (final ClassNotFoundException ex) {
114 // Neither the current class loader nor any of its ancestors could find
115 // the LogFactory class, so we can stop now.
116 loader = null;
117 } catch (final NoSuchMethodException ex) {
118 // This is not expected; every version of JCL has this method
119 System.err.println("LogFactory instance found which does not support release method!");
120 loader = null;
121 } catch (final IllegalAccessException ex) {
122 // This is not expected; every ancestor class should be accessible
123 System.err.println("LogFactory instance found which is not accessible!");
124 loader = null;
125 } catch (final InvocationTargetException ex) {
126 // This is not expected
127 System.err.println("LogFactory instance release method failed!");
128 loader = null;
129 }
130 }
131
132 // Just to be sure, invoke release on the LogFactory that is visible from
133 // this ServletContextCleaner class too. This should already have been caught
134 // by the above loop but just in case...
135 LogFactory.release(tccl);
136 }
137
138 /**
139 * Invoked when a webapp is deployed. Nothing needs to be done here.
140 */
141 @Override
142 public void contextInitialized(final ServletContextEvent sce) {
143 // do nothing
144 }
145 }