Hi,

On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Sanjeewa Malalgoda <[email protected]>wrote:

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> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Afkham Azeez <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Folks,
>> If you are using OSGi services or JCache, you have to ensure that you
>> don't maintain references as instance attributes. This is because the
>> objects these references are pointing to can expire. For example, when a
>> bundle which is providing an OSGi service is restarted, there will be a new
>> instance of the OSGi service. Similarly, when caches or cache manager
>> become empty, to reclaim memory, those objects will be invalidated. So, if
>> you maintain references, they will go stale, and you will run into the
>> stale reference problem. https://wso2.org/jira/browse/CARBON-14179 is an
>> example where this has happened.
>>
>> So, you should always use the proper methods & APIs to get hold of the
>> proper objects. In the case of OSGi, it is done using service trackers and
>> declarative services. In the case of JCache, you need to use the
>> javax.cache.Caching class to obtain the cache managers & caches.
>>
> +1. This is very helpful tip. I noticed that we are keeping references to
> cache manager in many places. We need to fix them.
>
Noted, I'm working on it.
I'll update once its completed.

Thanks,
Darshana

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> Thanks,
> Sanjeewa.
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