[FELIX-1503] Component Factory instances are not let gone after dispose

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: scr-1.0.6, scr-1.0.8
• Fix Version/s: scr-1.2.0
• Component/s: Declarative Services (SCR)
• Assignee: Felix Meschberger
• Reporter: Felix Meschberger
• Created: 19/Aug/09 13:37
• Updated: 08/Dec/09 15:49
• Resolved: 29/Oct/09 09:15

Description

Component factory instances retrieved with ComponentFactory.newInstance(Dictionary) are not removed from the internal maintenance data structure. In the longer run, this prevents the components from being garbage collected and eat up all memory.

At one time we had a situation of 700'000 disposed ImmediateComponentManager instances kept in the ComponentFactory internal map....