From 1e3010c111e99676b6c78588d922ff2f83b5223b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Decebal Suiu <decebal.suiu@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 22:22:05 +0200
Subject: Set class loader to null on unload plugin

---
 pf4j/src/main/java/org/pf4j/AbstractPluginManager.java | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

(limited to 'pf4j/src/main/java')

diff --git a/pf4j/src/main/java/org/pf4j/AbstractPluginManager.java b/pf4j/src/main/java/org/pf4j/AbstractPluginManager.java
index 626dbcb..ac41519 100644
--- a/pf4j/src/main/java/org/pf4j/AbstractPluginManager.java
+++ b/pf4j/src/main/java/org/pf4j/AbstractPluginManager.java
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractPluginManager implements PluginManager {
             if (classLoader instanceof Closeable) {
                 try {
                     ((Closeable) classLoader).close();
+                    classLoader = null; // help GC to collect the classloader
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                     throw new PluginRuntimeException(e, "Cannot close classloader");
                 }
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