[javasrc2cpg] Clear JavaParser caches after AST creation #4489
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We reach out-of-memory exceptions when running consecutive scans (within the same process) and providing the so-called «inference jar paths» (
--inference-jar-paths
).This can be observed if we run all javasrc2cpg unit-tests with some additional inference jar. In the following experiment, I've used the same 100MB .jar throughout unit-tests and the 8GB limit is quickly reached, precluding them from finishing.
Poking around, it seems clear that each time an inference jar is loaded its TypeSolver remains in memory.
By clearing JavaParser caches the situation improves considerably: