[augeas-devel] Java Binding Bugs - Not calling Augeas.close() results in resoure leak - Ticket #212 and Ticket #213

[Larry O'Leary]

I logged the following tickets:

https://fedorahosted.org/augeas/ticket/212
https://fedorahosted.org/augeas/ticket/213

They specifically deal with the Java Binding and the net.augeas.Augeas
class. One identifies a bug in that no finalize() method exists which
will result in AugPtr being implicitly cleaned up and released during
Java GC in the event the implementation using the Java Binding fails to
call the Augeas.close() method explicitly.

The other reveals that the API Java-Doc for the close() method does not
appear to be accurate as it indicates that it will write pending changes
to disk.

As these issues drastically impact a Java implementation which fails to
explicitly call the close() method, I would really like to see these
addressed for the next release.

Let me know if you need anything else from me.
-- 
Larry O'Leary <loleary at redhat.com>
Red Hat, Inc.