== Why is this an issue?

The creation of a ``++JAXBContext.newInstance++`` is a costly operation, and should only be performed once per context and stored - preferably in a ``++static++`` member - for reuse.


In fact, according to the JAXB 2.2 Specification:

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To avoid the overhead involved in creating a JAXBContext instance, a JAXB application is encouraged to reuse a JAXBContext instance. An implementation of abstract class JAXBContext is required to be thread-safe, thus, multiple threads in an application can share the same JAXBContext instance.
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This rule raises an issue when multiple instances are created for the same context path.


=== Noncompliant code example

[source,java]
----
public void doSomething(List<MyObj> inputs) {
  for (String input : inputs) {
    Marshaller m = JAXBContext.newInstance(MyObj.class).createMarshaller();  // Noncompliant; context created in loop
    // ... 
  }
}

public List<JAXBContext> getContexts(List<Class> inputs) {
  List<JAXBContext> result = new ArrayList<>();
  for (Class input : inputs) {
    result.add(JAXBContext.newInstance(input);  // Compliant; context path varies
  }
  return result;
}

public void doSomething2(List<MyObj> inputs) {
  Marshaller m = JAXBContext.newInstance(MyObj.class).createMarshaller();  // Noncompliant; context created each time method invoked
  for (String input : inputs) {
    // ...
  }
}
----


=== Compliant solution

[source,java]
----

private static JAXBContext context;
static {
  try {
    context = JAXBContext.newInstance(MyObj.class);
  } catch (JAXBException e) {
    // handle exception...
  }
}

public void doSomething(List<MyObj> inputs) {
  Marshaller m = context.createMarshaller();
  for (String input : inputs) {
    // ... 
  }
}

public List<JAXBContext> getContexts(List<Class> inputs) {
  List<JAXBContext> result = new ArrayList<>();
  for (Class input : inputs) {
    result.add(JAXBContext.newInstance(input);
  }
  return result;
}
----


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== Implementation Specification
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=== Message

Store this "JAXBContext" in a "static" member and reuse it.


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== Comments And Links
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=== on 17 Sep 2015, 09:27:10 Ann Campbell wrote:
source: \https://twitter.com/CyrilP_tweet/status/644432004340150272?cn=cmVwbHk%3D&refsrc=email

=== on 14 Sep 2016, 08:12:35 Ann Campbell wrote:
From \https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sonarqube/YGMsyzSkeQk:

In the past we've used a PMD XPath rule that looks like this "//MethodDeclaration//PrimaryExpression/PrimaryPrefix/Name[@Image='JAXBContext.newInstance'][ancestor::ClassOrInterfaceBodyDeclaration/Annotation/descendant::Name[contains(@Image,'SCOPE_PROTOTYPE')] or not(ancestor::ClassOrInterfaceBodyDeclaration/Annotation/descendant::Name[@Image='Bean'])]"

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