RFR: 8373908: XYChart (ScatteredChart) leaks memory when removing data
John Hendrikx
jhendrikx at openjdk.org
Thu Dec 18 02:14:40 UTC 2025
Fixes a problem with leaked references in XYChart. A few things conspire here to make this into a memory leak:
- The weak bindings used by StringBinding leave behind listener "stubs" when GC'd; that's just how they work, it is a "strong" listener that wraps a weak referenced listener. The strong part remains behind, and is cleaned up when a new listener is added/removed by ExpressionHelper (and if that never happens, those stubs remain there indefinitely).
- The fluent bindings (map/flatMap/orElse) use normal listeners, but only when they are observed themselves (lazy listeners)
- The "stub" that is left behind counts as being observed, so the fluent bindings don't unsubscribe themselves
The leak has nothing to do with the node or the accessible property, but purely by the StringBinding leaving behind stubs on the flat mapped properties.
The leak is actually because the Series to which the Data object belongs is referencing the Data object. The flatMaps track the series object so they added a listener to the series object, and they think they are observed indefinitely because of the listener stub.
The easiest solution here is to ensure the Series object is not tracked when not needed; this can be achieved by setting the series to `null` in the ListChangeListener for the Data list.
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Commit messages:
- Fix memory leak
Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/2013/files
Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jfx&pr=2013&range=00
Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8373908
Stats: 30 lines in 1 file changed: 15 ins; 13 del; 2 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/2013.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jfx.git pull/2013/head:pull/2013
PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/2013
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