Class LostLoggerDueToWeakReference

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Detector, Priorities, org.apache.bcel.classfile.Visitor

    public class LostLoggerDueToWeakReference
    extends OpcodeStackDetector
    We found a problem with the new OpenJDK that everyone is now using to compile and run java code. In particular, the java.util.logging.Logger behavior has changed. Instead of using strong references, it now uses weak references internally. That's a reasonable change, but unfortunately some code relies on the old behavior - when changing logger configuration, it simply drops the logger reference. That means that the garbage collector is free to reclaim that memory, which means that the logger configuration is lost.