Though similar--and a bit scary--I think this particular issue is different.
Thanks, Rich On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Vimil Saju <vimils...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Could this be due to the urlclassloader bug in Java 6 that keeps jar files > open on windows. I heard that this bug has been fixed in Java 7. > > http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=5041014 > > > > ________________________________ > From: Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> > To: user@ant.apache.org > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 8:58 AM > Subject: Re: ProjectHelper2 fails to close input source after parsing > imported document? > > On 2011-10-25, Steele, Richard wrote: > > > I'm chasing a defect with one of my custom Ant tasks. To summarize, the > > task uses ImportTask under the hood to import build scripts. These > scripts > > can come from jar files downloaded via Ivy. The problem I'm running into > is > > that, at least on Windows, I'm unable to clean the project because Ant > has a > > file handle open to the jar file I'm importing from. > > I ran into this a few years ago when I wrote the test cases for > importing from an URL. One result is > > <http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=890827> > > I recall blaming the classloader for it [1] and that the workaround I > added only worked for Java 1.4 but not Java6 [2]. It never occured to > me it could be the SAX parser's fault. > > > I think what might be happening, and this is just a guess, is that the > SAX > > parser is opening the jar file but not closing it. > > From your further investigation this may very well be the root cause, > yes. > > > Clearly this would not be an Ant problem, but I'm wonder if this is > > something anyone else has happened across? > > See above. > > > I can't believe there would be a file handle leak deep inside the SAX > > parser. If there is a defect like this, short of reporting it, is > > there anything I can do with Ant to sidestep the issue? > > You could try using a different XML parser (Saxon's AElfred, maybe). > > Stefan > > [1] > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ant-dev/200912.mbox/%3c877hspycw9....@v35516.1blu.de%3E > > [2] > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ant-dev/201003.mbox/%3c87iq9fnif2....@v35516.1blu.de%3E > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org >
