Could this unclosed() byteArrayInputStream cause high Heap usage ?

From:
Krist <krislioe@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Fri, 5 Feb 2010 03:21:04 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<65da124a-3abd-4d57-9660-3c25784abe63@p13g2000pre.googlegroups.com>
Hi all,

As part of our reporting integrated with our JSF/JSP application, the
report is converted to PDF then sent to browser for user to display.
mean while during peak load our Heap usage could reach 3.5GB - 4GB. So
I am suspecting the unclosed byteArrayInputStream is the cause.
(This is a production application so I am collecting information
before change the code)

Is the unclosed() byteArrayInputStream really cause the problem ?
(the codes is below)

Thank you,
Krist

ByteArrayInputStream byteArrayInputStream = (ByteArrayInputStream)
 
reportClientDoc.getPrintOutputController().export(exportOptions);
reportClientDoc.close();
writeToBrowser(byteArrayInputStream, response, "application/csv",
EXPORT_FILE);

private void writeToBrowser(ByteArrayInputStream byteArrayInputStream,
HttpServletResponse
response, String mimetype, String exportFile)
   throws Exception {
      byte[] buffer = new byte[byteArrayInputStream.available()];
      int bytesRead = 0;
      response.reset();
      response.setHeader("Content-disposition", "inline;filename=" +
exportFile);
      response.setContentType(mimetype);
      //Stream the byte array to the client.
      while((bytesRead = byteArrayInputStream.read(buffer)) != -1)
            { response.getOutputStream().write(buffer , 0,
bytesRead);}

      //Flush and close the output stream.
      response.getOutputStream().flush();
      response.getOutputStream().close();
   }

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