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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   * <p>
43   * To use this class, configure the webapp deployment descriptor to call
44   * this class on webapp undeploy; the contextDestroyed method will tell
45   * every accessible LogFactory class that the entry in its map for the
46   * current webapp's context class loader should be cleared.
47   * </p>
48   *
49   * @since 1.1
50   */
51  public class ServletContextCleaner implements ServletContextListener {
52  
53      private static final Class<?>[] RELEASE_SIGNATURE = { ClassLoader.class };
54  
55      /**
56       * Constructs a new instance.
57       */
58      public ServletContextCleaner() {
59          // empty
60      }
61  
62      /**
63       * Invoked when a webapp is undeployed, this tells the LogFactory
64       * class to release any logging information related to the current
65       * contextClassloader.
66       */
67      @Override
68      public void contextDestroyed(final ServletContextEvent sce) {
69          final ClassLoader tccl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
70  
71          final Object[] params = new Object[1];
72          params[0] = tccl;
73  
74          // Walk up the tree of class loaders, finding all the available
75          // LogFactory classes and releasing any objects associated with
76          // the tccl (ie the webapp).
77          //
78          // When there is only one LogFactory in the classpath, and it
79          // is within the webapp being undeployed then there is no problem;
80          // garbage collection works fine.
81          //
82          // When there are multiple LogFactory classes in the classpath but
83          // parent-first classloading is used everywhere, this loop is really
84          // short. The first instance of LogFactory found will
85          // be the highest in the classpath, and then no more will be found.
86          // This is ok, as with this setup this will be the only LogFactory
87          // holding any data associated with the tccl being released.
88          //
89          // When there are multiple LogFactory classes in the classpath and
90          // child-first classloading is used in any class loader, then multiple
91          // LogFactory instances may hold info about this TCCL; whenever the
92          // webapp makes a call into a class loaded via an ancestor class loader
93          // and that class calls LogFactory the tccl gets registered in
94          // the LogFactory instance that is visible from the ancestor
95          // class loader. However the concrete logging library it points
96          // to is expected to have been loaded via the TCCL, so the
97          // underlying logging lib is only initialized/configured once.
98          // These references from ancestor LogFactory classes down to
99          // TCCL class loaders are held via weak references and so should
100         // be released but there are circumstances where they may not.
101         // Walking up the class loader ancestry ladder releasing
102         // the current tccl at each level tree, though, will definitely
103         // clear any problem references.
104         ClassLoader loader = tccl;
105         while (loader != null) {
106             // Load via the current loader. Note that if the class is not accessible
107             // via this loader, but is accessible via some ancestor then that class
108             // will be returned.
109             try {
110                 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
111                 final Class<LogFactory> logFactoryClass = (Class<LogFactory>) loader.loadClass("org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory");
112                 final Method releaseMethod = logFactoryClass.getMethod("release", RELEASE_SIGNATURE);
113                 releaseMethod.invoke(null, params);
114                 loader = logFactoryClass.getClassLoader().getParent();
115             } catch (final ClassNotFoundException ex) {
116                 // Neither the current class loader nor any of its ancestors could find
117                 // the LogFactory class, so we can stop now.
118                 loader = null;
119             } catch (final NoSuchMethodException ex) {
120                 // This is not expected; every version of JCL has this method
121                 System.err.println("LogFactory instance found which does not support release method!");
122                 loader = null;
123             } catch (final IllegalAccessException ex) {
124                 // This is not expected; every ancestor class should be accessible
125                 System.err.println("LogFactory instance found which is not accessible!");
126                 loader = null;
127             } catch (final InvocationTargetException ex) {
128                 // This is not expected
129                 System.err.println("LogFactory instance release method failed!");
130                 loader = null;
131             }
132         }
133 
134         // Just to be sure, invoke release on the LogFactory that is visible from
135         // this ServletContextCleaner class too. This should already have been caught
136         // by the above loop but just in case...
137         LogFactory.release(tccl);
138     }
139 
140     /**
141      * Invoked when a webapp is deployed. Nothing needs to be done here.
142      */
143     @Override
144     public void contextInitialized(final ServletContextEvent sce) {
145         // do nothing
146     }
147 }