[ARIES-533] ContextProvider incorrectly closes Context when GCed

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.3
• Fix Version/s: 0.3
• Assignee: Alasdair Nottingham
• Reporter: Alasdair Nottingham
• Created: 07/Jan/11 10:22
• Updated: 07/Jan/11 10:28
• Resolved: 07/Jan/11 10:28

Description

If I do the following:

Context ctx = new InitialContext().lookup("")

the ContextProvider becomes eligible for GC and if finalize is called will close the context which is still reachable.

Fix is to remove the finalize method.