Jython Mem leaks

gistfile1.java

private void cleanUpJythonMess() {
    try {

      //Jython stores a reference to the system state on a thread local, when the system state is closed
      //Jython does not remove the TL so... hey presto a leak
      //The only way we can remove it is to use reflection to manually remove the tl entry
      //Nice huh!?
      //See https://github.com/vert-x/vert.x/issues/417 for more info
      //Also http://bugs.jython.org/issue1327

      Field threadLocalsField = Thread.class.getDeclaredField("threadLocals");
      threadLocalsField.setAccessible(true);

      Class threadLocalMapKlazz = Class.forName("java.lang.ThreadLocal$ThreadLocalMap");
      Field tableField = threadLocalMapKlazz.getDeclaredField("table");
      tableField.setAccessible(true);

      Object fieldLocal = threadLocalsField.get(Thread.currentThread());
      if (fieldLocal == null) {
        return;
      }
      Object table = tableField.get(fieldLocal);

      int threadLocalCount = Array.getLength(table);

      for (int i = 0; i < threadLocalCount; i++) {
        Object entry = Array.get(table, i);
        if (entry != null) {
          Field valueField = entry.getClass().getDeclaredField("value");
          valueField.setAccessible(true);
          Object value = valueField.get(entry);
          if (value != null) {
            if (value.getClass().getName().equals("org.python.core.ThreadState")) {
              valueField.set(entry, null);
            }
          }

        }
      }

      //Jython also has another leak in the class org.python.core.codecs
      //See http://bugs.jython.org/issue1746
      //More hackery follows to fix this

      Class codecsClass = org.python.core.codecs.class;
      Field searchPathField = codecsClass.getDeclaredField("searchPath");
      searchPathField.setAccessible(true);
      PyList searchPath = (PyList)searchPathField.get(null);
      if (searchPath != null) {
        searchPath.clear();
      }
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }