AW: [OJB-developers] ObjectCache and IdentityFactory]

[Mahler T. <tho...@it...>]

Hi Florian,

> Hi Thomas,
> 
<snip ObjectCache based solution for IdentityFactory>
> That is my intention, as the ObjectCache itself also has a memory leak
> problem that would be fixed by this. For each object in the 
> HashTable a
> SoftReference is created that wraps the object. When the gc 
> collects the
> object, the SoftReference object itself stays in memory.
> 

Oops, are you sure about that? Can't SoftReference objects be collected in
general, or is their collection simply deferred to the next run of the
garbage collector?

cu,

Thomas