The intention is not to cause OOM, but to cause the JVM to flush the references by reducing the free memory.
On 9 October 2010 08:03, Gary Gregory <ggreg...@seagullsoftware.com> wrote: > Random thought: > > Instead of trying to cause an OutOfMemoryException, how about throwing this > exception ourselves from a (test) subclass of the IO class in that we are > trying to break? > > Gary > > -----Original Message----- > From: nia...@apache.org [mailto:nia...@apache.org] > Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 18:55 > To: comm...@commons.apache.org > Subject: svn commit: r1006099 - > /commons/proper/io/trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileCleaningTrackerTestCase.java > > Author: niallp > Date: Sat Oct 9 01:55:02 2010 > New Revision: 1006099 > > URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1006099&view=rev > Log: > IO-161 Try garbage collecting before trying to fill memory > > Modified: > > commons/proper/io/trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileCleaningTrackerTestCase.java > > Modified: > commons/proper/io/trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileCleaningTrackerTestCase.java > URL: > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/io/trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileCleaningTrackerTestCase.java?rev=1006099&r1=1006098&r2=1006099&view=diff > ============================================================================== > --- > commons/proper/io/trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileCleaningTrackerTestCase.java > (original) > +++ > commons/proper/io/trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileCleaningTrackerTestCase.java > Sat Oct 9 01:55:02 2010 > @@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ public class FileCleaningTrackerTestCase > } > > private void waitUntilTrackCount() throws Exception { > + System.gc(); > + Thread.sleep(500); > int count = 0; > while(theInstance.getTrackCount() != 0 && count++ < 5) { > List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(); > @@ -312,7 +314,6 @@ public class FileCleaningTrackerTestCase > } > } catch (Throwable ignored) { > } > - list.clear(); > list = null; > System.gc(); > Thread.sleep(1000); > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
