[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBSEAM-3932) org.jboss.el.util.ReflectionUtil/org.jboss.el.util.ReferenceCache causes thread and memory leak

org.jboss.el.util.ReflectionUtil/org.jboss.el.util.ReferenceCache causes thread and memory leak ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBSEAM-3932 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-3932 Project: Seam Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 2.1.1.GA Environment: Tomcat w/ Seam on Windows Reporter: Alexander Schwartz Assignee: Norman Richards Fix For: 2.1.2.CR1 Attachments: reference.patch org.jboss.el.util.ReflectionUtil (from jboss-el) uses a private static ReferenceCache methodCache and this ReferenceCache is leaking a thread that is used for cleanup. You can't call a cleanup method from the outside. Every redeployment of an application will leak one thread due to this bug. And it causes a memory leak as the web application class loader can't be unloaded due to this bug. The pom.xml of jboss-el states "JBoss EL is a extended EL implementation, distributed with Seam", therefore I report this bug against Seam. If this thread should really be necessary, it should have a proper name.