[LANG-262] Use of enum prevents a classloader from being garbage collected resuling in out of memory exceptions.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.3

Environment

All

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Neil Redway
• Created: 05/Jun/06 15:40
• Updated: 06/Feb/07 23:47
• Resolved: 07/Dec/06 21:43

Description

When an enum is created it is placed in the static hashmap - cEnumClasses. If the enum is created from a classloader which has a limited lifetime then due to the strong reference the classloader is never garbage collected resulting in a memory leak.

I believe that making the cEnumClasses a WeakHashMap should resolve the problem.