Tonight I have talked about ClassLoader leaks at JavaForum Gothenburg. Below you will find the slides from the presentation, the link to the Leak prevention library on GitHub and links to all the parts of the blog series I made on the subject.

Video

Slides

Heinz Kabutz Java Specialists’ Newsletter The Law Of The Blind Spot referenced on slide 26.
Tomcat Bugzilla entries #48895 and #49159 referenced on slide 41.

Leak prevention library

GitHub project

Links to all parts in blog series

Part I – How to find classloader leaks with Eclipse Memory Analyser (MAT)

Part II – Find and work around unwanted references

Part III – “Die Thread, die!”

Part IV – ThreadLocal dangers and why ThreadGlobal may have been a more appropriate name

Part V – Common mistakes and Known offenders

Part VI – “This means war!” (leak prevention library)