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17  
18  package org.apache.commons.logging.jakarta;
19  
20  import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
21  import java.lang.reflect.Method;
22  
23  import jakarta.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
24  import jakarta.servlet.ServletContextListener;
25  
26  import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
27  
28  /**
29   * This class is capable of receiving notifications about the undeployment of a webapp, and responds by ensuring that commons-logging releases all memory
30   * associated with the undeployed webapp.
31   * <p>
32   * In general, we ensurs that logging classes do not hold references that prevent an undeployed webapp's memory from being garbage-collected even when multiple
33   * copies of commons-logging are deployed via multiple class loaders (a situation that earlier versions had problems with). However there are some rare cases
34   * where the this approach does not work; in these situations specifying this class as a listener for the web application will ensure that all
35   * references held by commons-logging are fully released.
36   * </p>
37   * <p>
38   * To use this class, configure the webapp deployment descriptor to call this class on webapp undeploy; the contextDestroyed method will tell every accessible
39   * LogFactory class that the entry in its map for the current webapp's context class loader should be cleared.
40   * </p>
41   *
42   * @since 1.4.0
43   */
44  public class ServletContextCleaner implements ServletContextListener {
45  
46      private static final Class<?>[] RELEASE_SIGNATURE = { ClassLoader.class };
47  
48      /**
49       * Constructs a new instance.
50       */
51      public ServletContextCleaner() {
52          // empty
53      }
54  
55      /**
56       * Invoked when a webapp is undeployed, this tells the LogFactory class to release any logging information related to the current contextClassloader.
57       */
58      @Override
59      public void contextDestroyed(final ServletContextEvent sce) {
60          final ClassLoader tccl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
61          final Object[] params = new Object[1];
62          params[0] = tccl;
63          // Walk up the tree of class loaders, finding all the available
64          // LogFactory classes and releasing any objects associated with
65          // the tccl (ie the webapp).
66          //
67          // When there is only one LogFactory in the classpath, and it
68          // is within the webapp being undeployed then there is no problem;
69          // garbage collection works fine.
70          //
71          // When there are multiple LogFactory classes in the classpath but
72          // parent-first classloading is used everywhere, this loop is really
73          // short. The first instance of LogFactory found will
74          // be the highest in the classpath, and then no more will be found.
75          // This is ok, as with this setup this will be the only LogFactory
76          // holding any data associated with the tccl being released.
77          //
78          // When there are multiple LogFactory classes in the classpath and
79          // child-first classloading is used in any class loader, then multiple
80          // LogFactory instances may hold info about this TCCL; whenever the
81          // webapp makes a call into a class loaded via an ancestor class loader
82          // and that class calls LogFactory the tccl gets registered in
83          // the LogFactory instance that is visible from the ancestor
84          // class loader. However the concrete logging library it points
85          // to is expected to have been loaded via the TCCL, so the7
86          // underlying logging lib is only initialized/configured once.
87          // These references from ancestor LogFactory classes down to
88          // TCCL class loaders are held via weak references and so should
89          // be released but there are circumstances where they may not.
90          // Walking up the class loader ancestry ladder releasing
91          // the current tccl at each level tree, though, will definitely
92          // clear any problem references.
93          ClassLoader loader = tccl;
94          while (loader != null) {
95              // Load via the current loader. Note that if the class is not accessible
96              // via this loader, but is accessible via some ancestor then that class
97              // will be returned.
98              try {
99                  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
100                 final Class<LogFactory> logFactoryClass = (Class<LogFactory>) loader.loadClass("org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory");
101                 final Method releaseMethod = logFactoryClass.getMethod("release", RELEASE_SIGNATURE);
102                 releaseMethod.invoke(null, params);
103                 loader = logFactoryClass.getClassLoader().getParent();
104             } catch (final ClassNotFoundException ex) {
105                 // Neither the current class loader nor any of its ancestors could find
106                 // the LogFactory class, so we can stop now.
107                 loader = null;
108             } catch (final NoSuchMethodException ex) {
109                 // This is not expected; every version of JCL has this method
110                 System.err.println("LogFactory instance found which does not support release method!");
111                 loader = null;
112             } catch (final IllegalAccessException ex) {
113                 // This is not expected; every ancestor class should be accessible
114                 System.err.println("LogFactory instance found which is not accessible!");
115                 loader = null;
116             } catch (final InvocationTargetException ex) {
117                 // This is not expected
118                 System.err.println("LogFactory instance release method failed!");
119                 loader = null;
120             }
121         }
122         // Just to be sure, invoke release on the LogFactory that is visible from
123         // this ServletContextCleaner class too. This should already have been caught
124         // by the above loop but just in case...
125         LogFactory.release(tccl);
126     }
127 
128     /**
129      * Invoked when a webapp is deployed. Nothing needs to be done here.
130      */
131     @Override
132     public void contextInitialized(final ServletContextEvent sce) {
133         // do nothing
134     }
135 }