log4j-core/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/GarbageCollectionHelper.java

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package org.apache.logging.log4j.core;

import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;

public final class GarbageCollectionHelper implements Closeable, Runnable {
    private static final OutputStream sink = ByteStreams.nullOutputStream();
    private final AtomicBoolean running = new AtomicBoolean();
    private final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
    private final Thread gcThread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            try {
                while (running.get()) {
                    // Allocate data to help suggest a GC
                    try {
                        // 1mb of heap
                        sink.write(new byte[1024 * 1024]);
                    } catch (IOException ignored) {
                    }
                    // May no-op depending on the jvm configuration
                    System.gc();
                }
            } finally {
                latch.countDown();
            }
        }
    });

    @Override
    public void run() {
        if (running.compareAndSet(false, true)) {
            gcThread.start();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void close() {
        running.set(false);
        try {
            assertTrue("GarbageCollectionHelper did not shut down cleanly",
                    latch.await(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }
}