Java MySQL JDBC Memory Leak

Question

Ok, so I have this program with many (~300) threads, each of which communicates with a central database. I create a global connection to the DB, and then each thread goes ab

Answer 1

Without seeing your code (which I'm sure is massive), you should really consider some sort of more formal thread pooling mechanism, such as Apache Commons pool framework, Spring's JDBC framework, and others. IMHO, this is a much simpler approach, since someone else has already figured out how to effectively manage these types of situations.