Re: [WebMacro-user] Tomcat can't unload webmacro... logging issue?

[Sebastian K. <seb...@mu...>]

On Tuesday 20 July 2004 10:40, Endre St=F8lsvik wrote:
> If the templates were put into the cache using "soft references" ..

they are, see WebMacro.defaults:

# Advanced properties:
ReloadingCacheManager.*.UseSoftReferences: TRUE

> | BTW, the thread is started by a class in the concurrent package, another
> | _library_... ;)
>
> Well, another bad library! ;)
>
> Really, I don't like libraries that fire up Threads w/o me asking in
> particular for it. A program with millions of Threads, where each have one
> specific stupid little chore.
[snip]
> And, btw, I do know that the concurrent package is very nice, but firing
> up Threads here and there and everywhere is really bad in my opinion,
> anywhichway - one immediately get such problems as we now face.

to be fair to that library: If you instantiate a ClockDaemon object and=20
provide it with a ThreadFactory, you more or less expect it to start thread=
s,=20
don't you? ;)

> | However, one could add logic to only start this thread, if the
> | functionality to remove templates from the cache after some time is
> | actually used (e.g. ExpireTime is set to a positive value).
>
> YES! YES! YES!!!
>
> Ehh.. I'd love to see this functionality implemented.. ;)
> (As a first step)

I just checked this today and found, that this is actually is the behaviour=
 of=20
2.0b1. Just put this line into your WebMacro.properties and WebMacro won't=
=20
fire up any threads, as far as I can see.

ReloadingCacheManager.*.ExpireTime: -1

Sebastian

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Sebastian Kanthak
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