Class ServletContextCleaner

java.lang.Object
org.apache.commons.logging.jakarta.ServletContextCleaner
All Implemented Interfaces:
jakarta.servlet.ServletContextListener, EventListener

public class ServletContextCleaner extends Object implements jakarta.servlet.ServletContextListener
This class is capable of receiving notifications about the undeployment of a webapp, and responds by ensuring that commons-logging releases all memory associated with the undeployed webapp.

In general, we ensurs that logging classes do not hold references that prevent an undeployed webapp's memory from being garbage-collected even when multiple copies of commons-logging are deployed via multiple class loaders (a situation that earlier versions had problems with). However there are some rare cases where the this approach does not work; in these situations specifying this class as a listener for the web application will ensure that all references held by commons-logging are fully released.

To use this class, configure the webapp deployment descriptor to call this class on webapp undeploy; the contextDestroyed method will tell every accessible LogFactory class that the entry in its map for the current webapp's context class loader should be cleared.

Since:
1.4.0
  • Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor
    Description
    Constructs a new instance.
  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    void
    contextDestroyed(jakarta.servlet.ServletContextEvent sce)
    Invoked when a webapp is undeployed, this tells the LogFactory class to release any logging information related to the current contextClassloader.
    void
    contextInitialized(jakarta.servlet.ServletContextEvent sce)
    Invoked when a webapp is deployed.

    Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • contextDestroyed

      public void contextDestroyed(jakarta.servlet.ServletContextEvent sce)
      Invoked when a webapp is undeployed, this tells the LogFactory class to release any logging information related to the current contextClassloader.
      Specified by:
      contextDestroyed in interface jakarta.servlet.ServletContextListener
    • contextInitialized

      public void contextInitialized(jakarta.servlet.ServletContextEvent sce)
      Invoked when a webapp is deployed. Nothing needs to be done here.
      Specified by:
      contextInitialized in interface jakarta.servlet.ServletContextListener