But the leak is limited to the thread pool in a container? As long as the xml file is not big, It should not be a problem. Right?
Xalan - Dev mailing list wrote: > > Memory leak in XMLReaderManager > ------------------------------- > > Key: XALANJ-2195 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XALANJ-2195 > Project: XalanJ2 > Type: Bug > Components: Xalan > Versions: 2.7 > Reporter: Marko Strukelj > > > In class org.apache.xml.utils.XMLReaderManager > > getXMLReader() method creates a new XMLReader (i.e. SAXParser) and stores > it into ThreadLocal. > > releaseXMLReader() does not remove (set to null) ThreadLocal thus creating > a permanent leak. > > Unfortunately the size of the cached Reader is typically dependent upon > the size of the XML document you process (depends on implementation but > this is the case with xerces SAXParser). In heavy load server environments > with thread pools of tens and hundreds of threads the server sustains a > significant memory leak (hundreds of megabytes - depending on the XML > document sizes and number of threads in a thread pools). > > A fix is trivial: > > Put the following line at the end of releaseXMLReader method: > > m_readers.set(null); > > > I wonder, why is reader stored in ThreadLocal in the first place? > > > > > -- > This message is automatically generated by JIRA. > - > If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: > http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa > - > For more information on JIRA, see: > http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-jira--Created%3A-%28XALANJ-2195%29-Memory-leak-in-XMLReaderManager-tf284379.html#a5341526 Sent from the Xalan - Dev forum at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
