Please review this fix for a memory leak in the ProtectionDomain cache
(which maps each ProtectionDomain to their granted
PermissionCollection). The memory leak only occurs if custom permissions
are used in a policy file.
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mullan/webrevs/8085903/webrev.00/
Custom permissions cause a chain of strong references that link back to
the ProtectionDomain key used in the map, preventing it from being
removed (and also preventing the custom permission's URLClassLoader from
being garbage collected). This fix wraps the PermissionCollection in a
SoftReference which allows the objects to be garbage collected in
response to memory demand.
Thanks,
Sean
