JDK-6456978 : Cache of ResourceBundles does not work properly in DateFormatSymbols
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.text
  • Affected Version: 6
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2006-08-03
  • Updated: 2010-10-14
  • Resolved: 2010-10-14
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Description
In DateFormatSymbols' method cacheLookup(), once the GC ocurred and the SoftReference's referent (ResourceBundle instance) was cleared, it does not put the created SoftReference instance into the cache.

Comments
SUGGESTED FIX Here is a suggested fix (including generification): *** DateFormatSymbols.java.orig Thu Aug 3 14:35:14 2006 --- DateFormatSymbols.java Thu Aug 3 14:33:54 2006 *************** *** 558,564 **** * Cache to hold the FormatData and TimeZoneNames ResourceBundles * of a Locale. */ ! private static Hashtable cachedLocaleData = new Hashtable(3); /** * Look up resource data for the desiredLocale in the cache; update the --- 558,565 ---- * Cache to hold the FormatData and TimeZoneNames ResourceBundles * of a Locale. */ ! private static Hashtable<Locale, SoftReference<ResourceBundle>> cachedLoca leData = ! new Hashtable<Locale, SoftReference<ResourceBundle>>(3); /** * Look up resource data for the desiredLocale in the cache; update the *************** *** 566,581 **** */ private static ResourceBundle cacheLookup(Locale desiredLocale) { ResourceBundle rb; ! SoftReference data ! = (SoftReference)cachedLocaleData.get(desiredLocale); if (data == null) { rb = LocaleData.getDateFormatData(desiredLocale); ! data = new SoftReference(rb); cachedLocaleData.put(desiredLocale, data); } else { ! if ((rb = (ResourceBundle)data.get()) == null) { rb = LocaleData.getDateFormatData(desiredLocale); ! data = new SoftReference(rb); } } return rb; --- 567,583 ---- */ private static ResourceBundle cacheLookup(Locale desiredLocale) { ResourceBundle rb; ! SoftReference<ResourceBundle> data ! = cachedLocaleData.get(desiredLocale); if (data == null) { rb = LocaleData.getDateFormatData(desiredLocale); ! data = new SoftReference<ResourceBundle>(rb); cachedLocaleData.put(desiredLocale, data); } else { ! if ((rb = data.get()) == null) { rb = LocaleData.getDateFormatData(desiredLocale); ! data = new SoftReference<ResourceBundle>(rb); ! cachedLocaleData.put(desiredLocale, data); } } return rb;
03-08-2006