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17  
18  package org.apache.commons.logging.impl;
19  
20  import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
21  import java.lang.reflect.Method;
22  
23  import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
24  import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
25  
26  import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
27  
28  /**
29   * This class is capable of receiving notifications about the undeployment of
30   * a webapp, and responds by ensuring that commons-logging releases all
31   * memory associated with the undeployed webapp.
32   * <p>
33   * In general, the WeakHashtable support added in commons-logging release 1.1
34   * ensures that logging classes do not hold references that prevent an
35   * undeployed webapp's memory from being garbage-collected even when multiple
36   * copies of commons-logging are deployed via multiple class loaders (a
37   * situation that earlier versions had problems with). However there are
38   * some rare cases where the WeakHashtable approach does not work; in these
39   * situations specifying this class as a listener for the web application will
40   * ensure that all references held by commons-logging are fully released.
41   * <p>
42   * To use this class, configure the webapp deployment descriptor to call
43   * this class on webapp undeploy; the contextDestroyed method will tell
44   * every accessible LogFactory class that the entry in its map for the
45   * current webapp's context class loader should be cleared.
46   *
47   * @since 1.1
48   */
49  public class ServletContextCleaner implements ServletContextListener {
50  
51      private static final Class<?>[] RELEASE_SIGNATURE = { ClassLoader.class };
52  
53      /**
54       * Constructs a new instance.
55       */
56      public ServletContextCleaner() {
57          // empty
58      }
59  
60      /**
61       * Invoked when a webapp is undeployed, this tells the LogFactory
62       * class to release any logging information related to the current
63       * contextClassloader.
64       */
65      @Override
66      public void contextDestroyed(final ServletContextEvent sce) {
67          final ClassLoader tccl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
68  
69          final Object[] params = new Object[1];
70          params[0] = tccl;
71  
72          // Walk up the tree of class loaders, finding all the available
73          // LogFactory classes and releasing any objects associated with
74          // the tccl (ie the webapp).
75          //
76          // When there is only one LogFactory in the classpath, and it
77          // is within the webapp being undeployed then there is no problem;
78          // garbage collection works fine.
79          //
80          // When there are multiple LogFactory classes in the classpath but
81          // parent-first classloading is used everywhere, this loop is really
82          // short. The first instance of LogFactory found will
83          // be the highest in the classpath, and then no more will be found.
84          // This is ok, as with this setup this will be the only LogFactory
85          // holding any data associated with the tccl being released.
86          //
87          // When there are multiple LogFactory classes in the classpath and
88          // child-first classloading is used in any class loader, then multiple
89          // LogFactory instances may hold info about this TCCL; whenever the
90          // webapp makes a call into a class loaded via an ancestor class loader
91          // and that class calls LogFactory the tccl gets registered in
92          // the LogFactory instance that is visible from the ancestor
93          // class loader. However the concrete logging library it points
94          // to is expected to have been loaded via the TCCL, so the
95          // underlying logging lib is only initialized/configured once.
96          // These references from ancestor LogFactory classes down to
97          // TCCL class loaders are held via weak references and so should
98          // be released but there are circumstances where they may not.
99          // Walking up the class loader ancestry ladder releasing
100         // the current tccl at each level tree, though, will definitely
101         // clear any problem references.
102         ClassLoader loader = tccl;
103         while (loader != null) {
104             // Load via the current loader. Note that if the class is not accessible
105             // via this loader, but is accessible via some ancestor then that class
106             // will be returned.
107             try {
108                 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
109                 final Class<LogFactory> logFactoryClass = (Class<LogFactory>) loader.loadClass("org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory");
110                 final Method releaseMethod = logFactoryClass.getMethod("release", RELEASE_SIGNATURE);
111                 releaseMethod.invoke(null, params);
112                 loader = logFactoryClass.getClassLoader().getParent();
113             } catch (final ClassNotFoundException ex) {
114                 // Neither the current class loader nor any of its ancestors could find
115                 // the LogFactory class, so we can stop now.
116                 loader = null;
117             } catch (final NoSuchMethodException ex) {
118                 // This is not expected; every version of JCL has this method
119                 System.err.println("LogFactory instance found which does not support release method!");
120                 loader = null;
121             } catch (final IllegalAccessException ex) {
122                 // This is not expected; every ancestor class should be accessible
123                 System.err.println("LogFactory instance found which is not accessible!");
124                 loader = null;
125             } catch (final InvocationTargetException ex) {
126                 // This is not expected
127                 System.err.println("LogFactory instance release method failed!");
128                 loader = null;
129             }
130         }
131 
132         // Just to be sure, invoke release on the LogFactory that is visible from
133         // this ServletContextCleaner class too. This should already have been caught
134         // by the above loop but just in case...
135         LogFactory.release(tccl);
136     }
137 
138     /**
139      * Invoked when a webapp is deployed. Nothing needs to be done here.
140      */
141     @Override
142     public void contextInitialized(final ServletContextEvent sce) {
143         // do nothing
144     }
145 }