WeakEventManager <TEventSource, TEventArgs> and PropertyChangedEventManager causes a memory leak
I have an application in which I cannot delete event handlers because I don’t know when the last link will be released.
My application contains an event source PropertyChangedthat is placed in a container class that also implements INotifyPropertyChanged. This hierarchy contains more than 6 levels. Each instance of a level can be placed in several other instances. This is the reason I could not determine when to free these instances.
Instances at the lowest level will live for the entire application runtime. This causes all other instances to not be freed, and I get a memory leak.
To avoid memory leak caused by events, I tried to use WeakEventManager(TEventSource, TEventArgs). This class is only available in .Net 4.5 and due to compatibility with existing Ive equipment for using .Net 4.0.
In .Net 4.0 there is PropertyChangedEventManagerone that should do the same for INotifyPropertyChanged.
My classes are freed correctly.
But there is still a memory leak.
I simplified my application to the following code, which causes a memory leak:
// This code will force the memory leak
while (true)
{
var eventSource = new StateChangedEventSource();
var eventReceiver = new StateChangedEventReceiver();
PropertyChangedEventManager.AddListener(eventSource, eventReceiver, string.Empty);
}
public class EventSource : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
}
public class EventReceiver : IWeakEventListener
{
public bool ReceiveWeakEvent(Type managerType, object sender, EventArgs e)
{
return true;
}
}
Yes, I know that there is no call RemoveListener. I could not determine when the instance was never used and could be freed. If I knew that I could use normal event logging and deregistration. In this case, I do not need to use PropertyChangedEventManager.
What is the problem of my sample code? Why does this cause a memory leak?
Edit 2014/02/17 :
WeakEventManager(TEventSource, TEventArgs) .Net 4.5, .
var eventSource = new EventSource();
var i = 0;
while (true)
{
var eventReceiver = new EventReceiver();
// --> Use only one of the following three lines. Each of them will produce a memory leak.
WeakEventManager<EventSource, PropertyChangedEventArgs>.AddHandler(eventSource, "PropertyChanged", eventReceiver.OnEvent);
PropertyChangedEventManager.AddListener(eventSource, eventReceiver, string.Empty);
WeakEventManager<EventSource, EventArgs>.AddHandler(eventSource, "SomeOtherEvent", eventReceiver.OnSomeOtherEvent);
// <--
++i;
if (i == 1 << 18)
{
Thread.Sleep(10);
GC.Collect(2);
Thread.Sleep(10);
i = 0;
}
}
public class EventSource : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public event EventHandler<EventArgs> SomeOtherEvent;
}
public class EventReceiver : IWeakEventListener
{
public void OnSomeOtherEvent(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
}
public void OnEvent(object sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs args)
{
}
public bool ReceiveWeakEvent(Type managerType, object sender, EventArgs e)
{
return true;
}
}
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public static class ThreadedWeakEventManager
{
private static readonly TimeSpan CleanupInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1.0);
private static readonly List<IInternalWeakEventManager> EventManagers = new List<IInternalWeakEventManager>();
private static volatile bool _performCleanup = true;
static ThreadedWeakEventManager()
{
new Thread(Cleanup) { IsBackground = true, Priority = ThreadPriority.Lowest }.Start();
}
public static void AddHandler<TEventArgs>(object eventSource, string eventName, EventHandler<TEventArgs> eventHandler)
where TEventArgs : EventArgs
{
var weakEventManager = new InternalWeakEventManager<TEventArgs>(eventSource, eventName, eventHandler);
lock (EventManagers)
{
EventManagers.Add(weakEventManager);
}
}
public static void AddPropertyChangedHandler(INotifyPropertyChanged eventSource, EventHandler<PropertyChangedEventArgs> eventHandler)
{
AddHandler(eventSource, "PropertyChanged", eventHandler);
}
public static void AddCollectionChangedEventHandler(INotifyCollectionChanged eventSource, EventHandler<NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs> eventHandler)
{
AddHandler(eventSource, "CollectionChanged", eventHandler);
}
public static void RemoveHandler<TEventArgs>(object eventSource, string eventName, EventHandler<TEventArgs> eventHandler)
where TEventArgs : EventArgs
{
if (eventSource == null || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(eventName) || eventHandler == null)
{
return;
}
lock (EventManagers)
{
EventManagers.RemoveAll(item => object.ReferenceEquals(item.EventData.EventSource, eventSource) && item.EventName.Equals(eventName) && eventHandler.Method.Equals(item.EventData.EventHandlerMethodInfo));
}
}
public static void RemovePropertyChangedHandler(INotifyPropertyChanged eventSource, EventHandler<PropertyChangedEventArgs> eventHandler)
{
RemoveHandler(eventSource, "PropertyChanged", eventHandler);
}
public static void RemoveCollectionChangedEventHandler(INotifyCollectionChanged eventSource, EventHandler<NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs> eventHandler)
{
RemoveHandler(eventSource, "CollectionChanged", eventHandler);
}
public static void CancelCleanup()
{
_performCleanup = false;
}
private static void Cleanup()
{
while (_performCleanup)
{
Thread.Sleep(CleanupInterval);
lock (EventManagers)
{
for (var i = EventManagers.Count - 1; i >= 0; --i)
{
var item = EventManagers[i];
if (item.EventData.IsGarbageCollected)
{
item.UnwireEvent();
EventManagers.RemoveAt(i);
}
}
}
}
}
private interface IInternalWeakEventManager
{
string EventName { get; }
IWeakEventData EventData { get; }>
void UnwireEvent();
void OnEvent(object sender, EventArgs args);
}
private class InternalWeakEventManager<TEventArgs> : IInternalWeakEventManager
where TEventArgs : EventArgs
{
private static readonly MethodInfo OnEventMethodInfo = typeof(InternalWeakEventManager<TEventArgs>).GetMethod("OnEvent");
private EventInfo _eventInfo;
private Delegate _onEvent;
public InternalWeakEventManager(object eventSource, string eventName, EventHandler<TEventArgs> eventHandler)
{
this.EventData = new WeakEventData<TEventArgs>(eventSource, eventHandler);
this.WireEvent(eventSource, eventName);
}
public string EventName
{
get { return this._eventInfo.Name; }
}
public IWeakEventData EventData { get; private set; }
public void UnwireEvent()
{
var eventSource = this.EventData.EventSource;
if (eventSource == null)
{
return;
}
this._eventInfo.RemoveEventHandler(eventSource, this._onEvent);
}
public void OnEvent(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
this.EventData.ForwardEvent(sender, args);
}
private void WireEvent(object eventSource, string eventName)
{
this._eventInfo = eventSource.GetType().GetEvents().FirstOrDefault(item => item.Name == eventName);
if (this._eventInfo == null)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException(string.Format("The event source type {0} doesn't contain an event named {1}.", eventSource.GetType().FullName, eventName));
}
this._onEvent = Delegate.CreateDelegate(this._eventInfo.EventHandlerType, this, OnEventMethodInfo);
this._eventInfo.AddEventHandler(eventSource, this._onEvent);
}
}
private interface IWeakEventData
{
bool IsGarbageCollected { get; }
object EventSource { get; }>
MethodInfo EventHandlerMethodInfo { get; }
void ForwardEvent(object sender, EventArgs args);
}
private class WeakEventData<TEventArgs> : IWeakEventData
where TEventArgs : EventArgs
{
private readonly WeakReference _eventSource;
private readonly WeakReference _eventTargetInstance;
public WeakEventData(object eventSource, EventHandler<TEventArgs> eventHandler)
{
this._eventSource = new WeakReference(eventSource);
this._eventTargetInstance = new WeakReference(eventHandler.Target);
this.EventHandlerMethodInfo = eventHandler.Method;
}
public object EventSource
{
get { return this._eventSource.Target; }
}
public MethodInfo EventHandlerMethodInfo { get; private set; }
public bool IsGarbageCollected
{
get
{
return !this._eventSource.IsAlive || !this._eventTargetInstance.IsAlive;
}
}
public void ForwardEvent(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
var target = this._eventTargetInstance.Target;
if (target != null)
{
this.EventHandlerMethodInfo.Invoke(target, new[] { sender, args });
}
}
}
}
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