[OODT-929] EnvUtilities should only load environment variables one time and statically cache them

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.1
• Component/s: commons
• Skill Level: Don't Know (Unsure) - The default level
• Assignee: Chris A. Mattmann
• Reporter: Chris A. Mattmann
• Created: 05/Jul/16 16:45
• Updated: 05/Jul/16 17:58
• Resolved: 05/Jul/16 17:58

Description

On BigTranslate (and on other projects for years), just getting the environment variable sand resolving them in EnvUtilities can leave a TON of open file handles. We should only load env variables once statically per JVM and then get the cached version after that.