Do I have to close() every EntityManager?

I have just started migrating my homegrown persistence framework to JPA.

Given that the persistence frameworks hide a lot of the plumbing, I'm interested in knowing if NOT closing EntityManagers will create a resource leak, or if the frameworks will collect and close them for me.

I intend in all places to close them, but do I HAVE to?

At the moment using TopLink, just because it works with NetBeans easily, but am happy to investigate other JPA providers.

Asked by: Freddie836 | Posted: 21-01-2022

Answer 1

It depends how you obtained it.

If you created it using EntityManagerFactory you will have to close it no matter what framework you use.

If you obtained it using dependency injection (eg using EJB and @PersistenceContext annotation) you should not close it by hand (AFAIK it will cause RuntimeException).

Answered by: Sienna387 | Posted: 22-02-2022

Answer 2

You should.

Frameworks have no idea how you intend to use the EM, so they cannot close it (except, may be, on finalization, which is not guaranteed). Yes, not closing them would create a resource leak.

The idea is the same as "always close java.sql.Connection" (despite some data sources have settings to close them automatically by inactivity) or "always close Hibernate session".

Besides, if you plan to write portable code, you shouldn't rely on specific JPA provider "being smart" -- other may fail to close the EM in time.

Answered by: Sawyer484 | Posted: 22-02-2022

Answer 3

I have obtained EntityManager using @PersistenceContext annotation in my repository. I can see that after the connectionpools reaches its maxPoolSize it does not get cleaned up.

However if I create EntityManager using EntityManagerFactory and call entitymanager.close() then connections are getting cleaned up. I am using c3p0 as connectionpool library.

Answered by: Rafael996 | Posted: 22-02-2022

Answer 4

Justo to give my 5 cents you must remember to close your EntityManagerFactory. I was just using it to create my EntityManager and it opened and kept opend a new conection pool every time.

Answered by: Fenton753 | Posted: 22-02-2022

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