[jira] [Commented] (CXF-4529) PermGen Leak for CXFAuthenticator (WS Client Configuration)

["Freeman Fang (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Freeman Fang commented on CXF-4529:
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Hi,

In my option it's not a memory leak,  per the code in
java.net.Authenticator
// The system-wide authenticator object.  See setDefault().
    private static Authenticator theAuthenticator;
It's system-wide object, so it's intended behavior to not gc, and this code is out of CXF code base, CXF can't change this behavior.
BTW, when you use 
java.net.Authenticator.setDefault(null);
it cause system-wide effect so it may affect other module which need use this  theAuthenticator.

Anyway, it shouldn't be a CXF issue

Freeman
                
> PermGen Leak for CXFAuthenticator (WS Client Configuration)
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CXF-4529
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF-4529
>             Project: CXF
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Configuration, JAX-WS Runtime
>    Affects Versions: 2.6.1
>         Environment: Apache Tomcat 7, Windows 7 32bit
>            Reporter: Holger Sunke
>              Labels: leak, permgen
>
> Hello,
> seemes to me there is a memory leak with the CXFAuthenticator. There is a static reference to it in java.net.Authenticator.theAuthenticator .
> This prevents the GC from collecting the WebappClassLoader on hot undeployment.
> I helped myself by doing 
> java.net.Authenticator.setDefault(null);
> on contextDestroy().
> Our web application uses CXF as a jasWS client configured with Spring 3.0.5.

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