ChangeAwareClassLoader(CACL) Leaks After Undeploy When Marshal/Unmarshal of JAXB is Called in WLS Web Application (Doc ID 2833063.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

 ChangeAwareClassLoader(CACL) which is WebLogic web application classloader leaks when JAXB.marshal or JAXB.unmarshal is called.
The CACL lefts after the application was undeployed.
This will cause OutOfMemorryError of java heap or metaspace.

path2gc of weblogic.utils.classloaders.ChangeAwareClassLoader is below from the heapdump.
org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.BeanValidationHelper.constraintsOnClasses holds the class which has @XmlRootElement annotation.
The class is loaded by ChangeAwareClassLoader.

The following is the result of path to gc roots on MAT, test.jaxb.Employee is the class that has @XmlRootElement annotation and is used for unmarshal.

Cause

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