The static EVICTION_TIMER (java.util.Timer) used in GenericObjectPool is never cancelled (even after closing the pool). The GenericObjectPool.close() method just cancels the _evictor (TimerTask). I agree this behaviour is ideal if EVICTION_TIMER is to be used across multiple pools.
But, In my case, the resources (i.e. jars) are dynamically deployed and undeployed on remote grid-servers. If EVICTION_TIMER thread doesn't stop, the grid-servers fails to undeploy (i.e. delete) the jars. The grid-server doesn't restart during resource deployment/undeployment, so, setting EVICTION_TIMER to daemon doesn't help me.
Bug
Resolved
Major
EVICTION_TIMER is never cancelled.
