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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       * Invoked when a webapp is undeployed, this tells the LogFactory
55       * class to release any logging information related to the current
56       * contextClassloader.
57       */
58      @Override
59      public void contextDestroyed(final ServletContextEvent sce) {
60          final ClassLoader tccl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
61  
62          final Object[] params = new Object[1];
63          params[0] = tccl;
64  
65          // Walk up the tree of class loaders, finding all the available
66          // LogFactory classes and releasing any objects associated with
67          // the tccl (ie the webapp).
68          //
69          // When there is only one LogFactory in the classpath, and it
70          // is within the webapp being undeployed then there is no problem;
71          // garbage collection works fine.
72          //
73          // When there are multiple LogFactory classes in the classpath but
74          // parent-first classloading is used everywhere, this loop is really
75          // short. The first instance of LogFactory found will
76          // be the highest in the classpath, and then no more will be found.
77          // This is ok, as with this setup this will be the only LogFactory
78          // holding any data associated with the tccl being released.
79          //
80          // When there are multiple LogFactory classes in the classpath and
81          // child-first classloading is used in any class loader, then multiple
82          // LogFactory instances may hold info about this TCCL; whenever the
83          // webapp makes a call into a class loaded via an ancestor class loader
84          // and that class calls LogFactory the tccl gets registered in
85          // the LogFactory instance that is visible from the ancestor
86          // class loader. However the concrete logging library it points
87          // to is expected to have been loaded via the TCCL, so the
88          // underlying logging lib is only initialized/configured once.
89          // These references from ancestor LogFactory classes down to
90          // TCCL class loaders are held via weak references and so should
91          // be released but there are circumstances where they may not.
92          // Walking up the class loader ancestry ladder releasing
93          // the current tccl at each level tree, though, will definitely
94          // clear any problem references.
95          ClassLoader loader = tccl;
96          while (loader != null) {
97              // Load via the current loader. Note that if the class is not accessible
98              // via this loader, but is accessible via some ancestor then that class
99              // will be returned.
100             try {
101                 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
102                 final Class<LogFactory> logFactoryClass = (Class<LogFactory>) loader.loadClass("org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory");
103                 final Method releaseMethod = logFactoryClass.getMethod("release", RELEASE_SIGNATURE);
104                 releaseMethod.invoke(null, params);
105                 loader = logFactoryClass.getClassLoader().getParent();
106             } catch (final ClassNotFoundException ex) {
107                 // Neither the current class loader nor any of its ancestors could find
108                 // the LogFactory class, so we can stop now.
109                 loader = null;
110             } catch (final NoSuchMethodException ex) {
111                 // This is not expected; every version of JCL has this method
112                 System.err.println("LogFactory instance found which does not support release method!");
113                 loader = null;
114             } catch (final IllegalAccessException ex) {
115                 // This is not expected; every ancestor class should be accessible
116                 System.err.println("LogFactory instance found which is not accessible!");
117                 loader = null;
118             } catch (final InvocationTargetException ex) {
119                 // This is not expected
120                 System.err.println("LogFactory instance release method failed!");
121                 loader = null;
122             }
123         }
124 
125         // Just to be sure, invoke release on the LogFactory that is visible from
126         // this ServletContextCleaner class too. This should already have been caught
127         // by the above loop but just in case...
128         LogFactory.release(tccl);
129     }
130 
131     /**
132      * Invoked when a webapp is deployed. Nothing needs to be done here.
133      */
134     @Override
135     public void contextInitialized(final ServletContextEvent sce) {
136         // do nothing
137     }
138 }