You don't null out tempString between calls to append() so it keeps
growing. A StringBuffer is probably your better data structure, but it too
would need to be emptied between calls.
J
At 11:33 AM 4/6/2001 -0400, Pepelis, Aaron wrote:
>why is there a memory leak in this?
>it just keeps grow and growing and growing...
>someone help me please... this brought a over night test up to 166MB of
>memory usage...
>thanks
>aaron
>
>import javax.swing.*;
>import java.awt.*;
>import javax.swing.text.*;
>
>public class BufferedOutputArea extends JTextArea
>{
>
> private int size_of_buffer;
> private int cut_back = 0;
> String tempString;
> public BufferedOutputArea( int buffer)
> {
> this(buffer, 0);
> }
> public BufferedOutputArea( int buffer, int cut_back)
> {
> size_of_buffer = buffer;
> this.cut_back = cut_back;
> }
> public void setBufferSize(int buffer)
> {
> size_of_buffer = buffer;
> }
> public int getBufferSize()
> {
> return size_of_buffer;
> }
> public void append(String str)
> {
> tempString = getText()+str;
> super.append(str);
> if (tempString.length() > this.size_of_buffer)
> {
> try
> {
> System.out.println("hit "+str + "\n" + size_of_buffer + " " +
> cut_back + " " + tempString.length());
> // setText(getText(cut_back, tempString.length()));
> getDocument().remove(0,tempString.length() - this.size_of_buffer
> + cut_back);
> System.out.println(""+getText().length());
>
> }
> catch (BadLocationException e)
> {
> }
> }
> setCaretPosition(getText().length());
> }
>
> public static void main(String [] args)
> {
> JFrame frame = new JFrame();
> BufferedOutputArea output = new BufferedOutputArea(5000, 2000);
> JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane(output);
> scroll.setAutoscrolls(true);
> frame.getContentPane().add(scroll);
> frame.setSize(500,500);
> frame.setVisible(true);
> output.append("hello you think\nthat you are so cool\njust because
> your gnigg?\n");
> try
> {
> for (int i= 0; i < 400; i++)
> {
> output.append("fudge this out put " + i +
>
>"\n3444444444444444444444444444444444444999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999\n"
>
> );
>
> Thread.sleep(300);
> }
> }
> catch (Exception e)
> {
>
> }
> }
>}
John Zukowski, Strategic Java Consulting
JZ Ventures, Inc. - http://www.jzventures.com
The limits of my language are the limits of my world - Wittgenstein
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