Fix issue 102, thanks Alessandro

Issue number:  102
Obtained from: aces
Submitted by:  paulby
Reviewed by:   kcr


git-svn-id: https://svn.java.net/svn/j3d-core~svn/trunk@119 ba19aa83-45c5-6ac9-afd3-db810772062c

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/classes/share/javax/media/j3d/Canvas3D.java b/src/classes/share/javax/media/j3d/Canvas3D.java
index 86f5316..4261c1f 100644
--- a/src/classes/share/javax/media/j3d/Canvas3D.java
+++ b/src/classes/share/javax/media/j3d/Canvas3D.java
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ public class Canvas3D extends Canvas {
     CanvasViewEventCatcher canvasViewEventCatcher;
     
     // The parent window for this canvas.
-    Container parent;
+    private Container parent;
 
     // flag that indicates if light has changed
     boolean lightChanged = false;
@@ -1495,6 +1495,11 @@ public class Canvas3D extends Canvas {
 	if (rdr != null) {
 	    rdr.userStop = false;
 	}
+        
+        // Fix for issue 102 removing strong reference and avoiding memory leak
+        // due retention of parent container
+        
+        this.parent = null;
     }
 
     // This decides if the canvas is active