[OPENNLP-1586] Prevent resource leaks in BrownCluster and WordClusterDictionary

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.3
• Fix Version/s: 2.4.0
• Component/s: Machine Learning
• Assignee: Martin Wiesner
• Reporter: Martin Wiesner
• Due: 02/Jul/24
• Created: 01/Jul/24 09:46
• Updated: 02/Jul/24 17:08
• Resolved: 01/Jul/24 14:08

Description

With the current implementation of BrownCluster and WordClusterDictionary, a resource leak can occur as instances of Reader / Writer and the underlying Input-/OutputStream objects are not closed properly after use.

Aims:

• Ensure that try-with-resources fixes the risk of resource leaks.