[GROOVY-7913] ClassInfo.globalClassValue lead to GroovyClassLoader can't unload classes

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.6
• Fix Version/s: 2.4.8
• Component/s: class generator
• Assignee: John Wagenleitner
• Reporter: chenxiaojie
• Created: 22/Aug/16 04:09
• Updated: 01/Feb/17 23:18
• Resolved: 11/Sep/16 04:08

Description

org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.ClassInfo:

private static final GroovyClassValue<ClassInfo> globalClassValue = GroovyClassValueFactory.createGroovyClassValue(new ComputeValue<ClassInfo>(){
		@Override
		public ClassInfo computeValue(Class<?> type) {
			ClassInfo ret = new ClassInfo(type);
			globalClassSet.add(ret);
			return ret;
		}
	});

dynamic load groovy classes will be cached in globalClassValue
can't unload classes
cause java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space

Issue Links

• is related to: GROOVY-7683 Memory leak when using Groovy as JSR-223 scripting language.