FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_18-b07)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 16.0-b13, mixed mode)


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686.PAE #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:25:57 EST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Windows XP SP 3

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :

If you create/destroy swing components which have defined the Nimbus.Overrides client properrty - Nimbus leaks substantial number of the following objects:

com.sun.java.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusDefaults$ColorTree$Node
java.util.LinkedList$Entry
java.util.LinkedList
com.sun.java.swing.plaf.nimbus.DerivedColor$UIResource
(approx 30,000 objects each - representing about 100 create/destroy cycles)

Other objects leak as well - but not to same extent as above.

sun.awt.image.BufImgSurfaceData
java.lang.Integer
java.awt.Font
java.awt.image.BufferedImage
java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D$Float
sun.awt.image.IntegerInterleavedRaster
java.lang.Object
java.awt.image.DataBufferInt
java.awt.Color
sun.awt.image.BufImgVolatileSurfaceManager
(approx 100 objects each - representing about 100 create/destroy cycles)

On an WinXP machine delibretely limited to only 64M of Heap (represents minimum spec machine) - the rich client application I have grinds to a halt after about 100 screen entries. Typical user will get there in less than 20 minutes.

I also have some .png files grabbed from doing filter based on least squares fit for jmap -histo:live dumps run every second. On version 18 it is quite clear that there is a substantial memory leak. On version 10 no such leak is present.


STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
See source code example below.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
No memory leak.
ACTUAL -
A memory leak.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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Following code segment replicates the defect:

import java.awt.Insets;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.UIDefaults;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;


public class NimbusBug
{
    public static void main(String args[]) throws ClassNotFoundException, InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, UnsupportedLookAndFeelException, InterruptedException
    {
        UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel");
    
        JFrame frame =new JFrame();
        UIDefaults nimbus=new UIDefaults();
        nimbus.put("Button.contentMargins",new Insets(6,0,6,0));
        
        while ( true ) {
            JDialog dialog = new JDialog(frame,"Test");
            JButton button  =new JButton("Hello World");
            button.putClientProperty("Nimbus.Overrides",nimbus);
            dialog.getContentPane().add(button);
            
            dialog.pack();
            dialog.setVisible(true);
            
            Thread.sleep(100);
            dialog.setVisible(false);
            dialog.dispose();
            
            Thread.sleep(1000);
         }
    }
}



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