[CAY-882] Configuration shutdown hook thread may lead to memory leaks

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2 branch, 2.0 branch, 3.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.0M3
• Component/s: Core Library
• Assignee: Andrus Adamchik
• Reporter: Andrus Adamchik
• Created: 18/Oct/07 20:00
• Updated: 09/Nov/08 00:59
• Resolved: 18/Oct/07 20:00

Description

As pointed out by Mike Kienenberger [1] , Configuration instance eagerly creates an shutdown thread object that is not used in 99.99% of cases and seems to leak memory under JDK 1.4. Need to instantiate it on demand.

[1] http://objectstyle.org/cayenne/lists/cayenne-user/2007/10/0082.html