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017
018package org.apache.commons.logging.impl;
019
020import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
021import java.lang.reflect.Method;
022
023import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
024import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
025
026import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
027
028/**
029 * This class is capable of receiving notifications about the undeployment of
030 * a webapp, and responds by ensuring that commons-logging releases all
031 * memory associated with the undeployed webapp.
032 * <p>
033 * In general, the WeakHashtable support added in commons-logging release 1.1
034 * ensures that logging classes do not hold references that prevent an
035 * undeployed webapp's memory from being garbage-collected even when multiple
036 * copies of commons-logging are deployed via multiple class loaders (a
037 * situation that earlier versions had problems with). However there are
038 * some rare cases where the WeakHashtable approach does not work; in these
039 * situations specifying this class as a listener for the web application will
040 * ensure that all references held by commons-logging are fully released.
041 * </p>
042 * <p>
043 * To use this class, configure the webapp deployment descriptor to call
044 * this class on webapp undeploy; the contextDestroyed method will tell
045 * every accessible LogFactory class that the entry in its map for the
046 * current webapp's context class loader should be cleared.
047 * </p>
048 *
049 * @since 1.1
050 */
051public class ServletContextCleaner implements ServletContextListener {
052
053    private static final Class<?>[] RELEASE_SIGNATURE = { ClassLoader.class };
054
055    /**
056     * Constructs a new instance.
057     */
058    public ServletContextCleaner() {
059        // empty
060    }
061
062    /**
063     * Invoked when a webapp is undeployed, this tells the LogFactory
064     * class to release any logging information related to the current
065     * contextClassloader.
066     */
067    @Override
068    public void contextDestroyed(final ServletContextEvent sce) {
069        final ClassLoader tccl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
070
071        final Object[] params = new Object[1];
072        params[0] = tccl;
073
074        // Walk up the tree of class loaders, finding all the available
075        // LogFactory classes and releasing any objects associated with
076        // the tccl (ie the webapp).
077        //
078        // When there is only one LogFactory in the classpath, and it
079        // is within the webapp being undeployed then there is no problem;
080        // garbage collection works fine.
081        //
082        // When there are multiple LogFactory classes in the classpath but
083        // parent-first classloading is used everywhere, this loop is really
084        // short. The first instance of LogFactory found will
085        // be the highest in the classpath, and then no more will be found.
086        // This is ok, as with this setup this will be the only LogFactory
087        // holding any data associated with the tccl being released.
088        //
089        // When there are multiple LogFactory classes in the classpath and
090        // child-first classloading is used in any class loader, then multiple
091        // LogFactory instances may hold info about this TCCL; whenever the
092        // webapp makes a call into a class loaded via an ancestor class loader
093        // and that class calls LogFactory the tccl gets registered in
094        // the LogFactory instance that is visible from the ancestor
095        // class loader. However the concrete logging library it points
096        // to is expected to have been loaded via the TCCL, so the
097        // underlying logging lib is only initialized/configured once.
098        // These references from ancestor LogFactory classes down to
099        // TCCL class loaders are held via weak references and so should
100        // be released but there are circumstances where they may not.
101        // Walking up the class loader ancestry ladder releasing
102        // the current tccl at each level tree, though, will definitely
103        // clear any problem references.
104        ClassLoader loader = tccl;
105        while (loader != null) {
106            // Load via the current loader. Note that if the class is not accessible
107            // via this loader, but is accessible via some ancestor then that class
108            // will be returned.
109            try {
110                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
111                final Class<LogFactory> logFactoryClass = (Class<LogFactory>) loader.loadClass("org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory");
112                final Method releaseMethod = logFactoryClass.getMethod("release", RELEASE_SIGNATURE);
113                releaseMethod.invoke(null, params);
114                loader = logFactoryClass.getClassLoader().getParent();
115            } catch (final ClassNotFoundException ex) {
116                // Neither the current class loader nor any of its ancestors could find
117                // the LogFactory class, so we can stop now.
118                loader = null;
119            } catch (final NoSuchMethodException ex) {
120                // This is not expected; every version of JCL has this method
121                System.err.println("LogFactory instance found which does not support release method!");
122                loader = null;
123            } catch (final IllegalAccessException ex) {
124                // This is not expected; every ancestor class should be accessible
125                System.err.println("LogFactory instance found which is not accessible!");
126                loader = null;
127            } catch (final InvocationTargetException ex) {
128                // This is not expected
129                System.err.println("LogFactory instance release method failed!");
130                loader = null;
131            }
132        }
133
134        // Just to be sure, invoke release on the LogFactory that is visible from
135        // this ServletContextCleaner class too. This should already have been caught
136        // by the above loop but just in case...
137        LogFactory.release(tccl);
138    }
139
140    /**
141     * Invoked when a webapp is deployed. Nothing needs to be done here.
142     */
143    @Override
144    public void contextInitialized(final ServletContextEvent sce) {
145        // do nothing
146    }
147}