Petr Kadlec created CXF-8827:
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Summary: Reusing of JAX-RS Client causes memory leak
Key: CXF-8827
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF-8827
Project: CXF
Issue Type: Bug
Components: JAX-RS
Reporter: Petr Kadlec
The [JAX-RS Client
Javadoc|https://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/javax/ws/rs/client/Client.html]
states:
{quote}Clients are heavy-weight objects that manage the client-side
communication infrastructure. Initialization as well as disposal of a Client
instance may be a rather expensive operation. It is therefore advised to
construct only a small number of Client instances in the application. Client
instances must be properly closed before being disposed to avoid leaking
resources.{quote}
However, in CXF, this is impossible. On every call to {{target}},
{{ClientImpl}} creates a fresh {{WebTargetImpl}} which then (during
{{request}}) creates a {{WebClient}} instance _and registers it within its
parent_. This {{baseClients}} collection only grows as long as the shared
{{Client}} instance exists and is closed and released only when {{close}} is
called on it, so that sharing causes a memory leak which cannot be prevented in
any way.
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