A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
Theeadlocal is a good idea but can lead to memory leaks when used in a thread pool as there is no defined mechanism for removing all of the current thread's objects.

JUSTIFICATION :
Avoid more leaks!

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
static ThreadLocal tl = new ThreatLocal;
try {
 // long section that uses tl
} finally {
  tl.close();
}

Developers should NOT have to resort to the brilliant but excessive kludgery shown here:http://www.javaspecialists.eu/archive/Issue229.html

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
http://www.javaspecialists.eu/archive/Issue229.html