[IO-99] FileCleaner thread never ends and cause memory leak in AS

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2
• Fix Version/s: 1.3

Environment

JBOssPortal with commons.fileupload

• Assignee: Stephen Colebourne
• Reporter: Vera Mickaël
• Created: 16/Nov/06 18:11
• Updated: 09/Mar/07 20:38
• Resolved: 29/Dec/06 13:12

Description

FileCleaner opens a thread and no solution is given to the user to end it. So when an application is undeployed
in an Application Server, a thread is still alive. The WebApp can't be undeployed and this results in a classloader
leak that will cause an OutOfMemoryError.

I think the API should be extended so that a user can end the thread. A better way would be to provide a class that
cleans everything for commons IO.

Issue Links

• is depended upon by: FILEUPLOAD-120 memory leak due to classloader leak (in commons.io)