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[jira] Issue Comment Edited: (LUCENE-1715) DirectoryIndexReader finalize() holding TermInfosReader longer than necessary

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Robert Newson edited comment on LUCENE-1715 at 6/23/09 10:46 AM:
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I wonder if it's also worth examining the (very few) other places that have finalize()?

The mere presence of a finalize() method triggers different handling by the garbage collector.  Since all remaining finalize() methods appear to close resources that should have been closed explicitly, the same principle applies for those as for the resolution of LUCENE-1715?



      was (Author: rnewson):
    I wonder if it's also worth examining the (very few) other places that have finalize()?

The mere presence of a finalize() method triggers different handling by the garbage collector.  Since all remaining finalize() methods appear to close resources that should have been closed explicitly, the same principle applies for those as for the resolution of LUCENE-1715?

src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/SimpleFSDirectory.java:      protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/SimpleFSDirectory.java-        try {
src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/SimpleFSDirectory.java-          close();
src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/SimpleFSDirectory.java-        } finally {
src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/SimpleFSDirectory.java:          super.finalize();
src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/SimpleFSDirectory.java-        }
src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/SimpleFSDirectory.java-      }
src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/SimpleFSDirectory.java-    }

src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/NativeFSLockFactory.java:  public void finalize() throws Throwable {
src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/NativeFSLockFactory.java-    try {
src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/NativeFSLockFactory.java-      if (isLocked()) {
src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/NativeFSLockFactory.java-        release();
src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/NativeFSLockFactory.java-      }
src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/NativeFSLockFactory.java-    } finally {
src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/NativeFSLockFactory.java:      super.finalize();
src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/NativeFSLockFactory.java-    }
src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/NativeFSLockFactory.java-  }
src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/NativeFSLockFactory.java-}


src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java-  /** Release the write lock, if needed. */
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java:  protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java-    try {
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java-      if (writeLock != null) {
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java-        writeLock.release();                        // release write lock
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java-        writeLock = null;
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java-      }
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java-    } finally {
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java:      super.finalize();
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java-    }
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java-  }

src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DirectoryReader.java-  /** Release the write lock, if needed. */
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DirectoryReader.java:  protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DirectoryReader.java-    try {
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DirectoryReader.java-      if (writeLock != null) {
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DirectoryReader.java-        writeLock.release();                        // release write lock
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DirectoryReader.java-        writeLock = null;
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DirectoryReader.java-      }
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DirectoryReader.java-    } finally {
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DirectoryReader.java:      super.finalize();
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DirectoryReader.java-    }
src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DirectoryReader.java-  }

  
> DirectoryIndexReader finalize() holding TermInfosReader longer than necessary
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: LUCENE-1715
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-1715
>             Project: Lucene - Java
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Index
>    Affects Versions: 2.4.1
>         Environment: Sun JDK 6 update 12 64-bit, Debian Lenny
>            Reporter: Brian Groose
>            Assignee: Michael McCandless
>             Fix For: 2.9
>
>
> DirectoryIndexReader has a finalize method, which causes the JDK to keep a reference to the object until it can be finalized.  SegmentReader and MultiSegmentReader are subclasses that contain references to, potentially, hundreds of megabytes of cached data in a TermInfosReader.
> Some options would be removing finalize() from DirectoryIndexReader (it releases a write lock at the moment) or possibly nulling out references in various close() and doClose() methods throughout the class hierarchy so that the finalizable object doesn't references the Term arrays.
> Original mailing list message:
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/lucene-java-user/200906.mbox/%3C7A5CB4A7BBCE0C40B81C5145C326C31301A62971@NUMEVP06.na.imtn.com%3E

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