[AVRO-2050] Clear Array To Allow GC

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.7, 1.8.2
• Fix Version/s: 1.9.0
• Component/s: java
• Flags: Patch
• Assignee: David Mollitor
• Reporter: David Mollitor
• Created: 17/Jul/17 01:49
• Updated: 28/Jul/17 07:18
• Resolved: 28/Jul/17 07:18

Description

Java's ArrayList implementation clears all Objects from the internal buffer when the clear() method is called. This allows the Objects to be free for GC. We should do the same in Avro org.apache.avro.generic.GenericData

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