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017
018package org.apache.commons.logging.jakarta;
019
020import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
021import java.lang.reflect.Method;
022
023import jakarta.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
024import jakarta.servlet.ServletContextListener;
025
026import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
027
028/**
029 * This class is capable of receiving notifications about the undeployment of a webapp, and responds by ensuring that commons-logging releases all memory
030 * associated with the undeployed webapp.
031 * <p>
032 * 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
033 * copies of commons-logging are deployed via multiple class loaders (a situation that earlier versions had problems with). However there are some rare cases
034 * where the this approach does not work; in these situations specifying this class as a listener for the web application will ensure that all
035 * references held by commons-logging are fully released.
036 * </p>
037 * <p>
038 * To use this class, configure the webapp deployment descriptor to call this class on webapp undeploy; the contextDestroyed method will tell every accessible
039 * LogFactory class that the entry in its map for the current webapp's context class loader should be cleared.
040 * </p>
041 *
042 * @since 1.4.0
043 */
044public class ServletContextCleaner implements ServletContextListener {
045
046    private static final Class<?>[] RELEASE_SIGNATURE = { ClassLoader.class };
047
048    /**
049     * Constructs a new instance.
050     */
051    public ServletContextCleaner() {
052        // empty
053    }
054
055    /**
056     * Invoked when a webapp is undeployed, this tells the LogFactory class to release any logging information related to the current contextClassloader.
057     */
058    @Override
059    public void contextDestroyed(final ServletContextEvent sce) {
060        final ClassLoader tccl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
061        final Object[] params = new Object[1];
062        params[0] = tccl;
063        // Walk up the tree of class loaders, finding all the available
064        // LogFactory classes and releasing any objects associated with
065        // the tccl (ie the webapp).
066        //
067        // When there is only one LogFactory in the classpath, and it
068        // is within the webapp being undeployed then there is no problem;
069        // garbage collection works fine.
070        //
071        // When there are multiple LogFactory classes in the classpath but
072        // parent-first classloading is used everywhere, this loop is really
073        // short. The first instance of LogFactory found will
074        // be the highest in the classpath, and then no more will be found.
075        // This is ok, as with this setup this will be the only LogFactory
076        // holding any data associated with the tccl being released.
077        //
078        // When there are multiple LogFactory classes in the classpath and
079        // child-first classloading is used in any class loader, then multiple
080        // LogFactory instances may hold info about this TCCL; whenever the
081        // webapp makes a call into a class loaded via an ancestor class loader
082        // and that class calls LogFactory the tccl gets registered in
083        // the LogFactory instance that is visible from the ancestor
084        // class loader. However the concrete logging library it points
085        // to is expected to have been loaded via the TCCL, so the7
086        // underlying logging lib is only initialized/configured once.
087        // These references from ancestor LogFactory classes down to
088        // TCCL class loaders are held via weak references and so should
089        // be released but there are circumstances where they may not.
090        // Walking up the class loader ancestry ladder releasing
091        // the current tccl at each level tree, though, will definitely
092        // clear any problem references.
093        ClassLoader loader = tccl;
094        while (loader != null) {
095            // Load via the current loader. Note that if the class is not accessible
096            // via this loader, but is accessible via some ancestor then that class
097            // will be returned.
098            try {
099                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
100                final Class<LogFactory> logFactoryClass = (Class<LogFactory>) loader.loadClass("org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory");
101                final Method releaseMethod = logFactoryClass.getMethod("release", RELEASE_SIGNATURE);
102                releaseMethod.invoke(null, params);
103                loader = logFactoryClass.getClassLoader().getParent();
104            } catch (final ClassNotFoundException ex) {
105                // Neither the current class loader nor any of its ancestors could find
106                // the LogFactory class, so we can stop now.
107                loader = null;
108            } catch (final NoSuchMethodException ex) {
109                // This is not expected; every version of JCL has this method
110                System.err.println("LogFactory instance found which does not support release method!");
111                loader = null;
112            } catch (final IllegalAccessException ex) {
113                // This is not expected; every ancestor class should be accessible
114                System.err.println("LogFactory instance found which is not accessible!");
115                loader = null;
116            } catch (final InvocationTargetException ex) {
117                // This is not expected
118                System.err.println("LogFactory instance release method failed!");
119                loader = null;
120            }
121        }
122        // Just to be sure, invoke release on the LogFactory that is visible from
123        // this ServletContextCleaner class too. This should already have been caught
124        // by the above loop but just in case...
125        LogFactory.release(tccl);
126    }
127
128    /**
129     * Invoked when a webapp is deployed. Nothing needs to be done here.
130     */
131    @Override
132    public void contextInitialized(final ServletContextEvent sce) {
133        // do nothing
134    }
135}