Memory leak

From:
Erik <erikgast@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:03:49 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<5c01767a-395e-4508-b448-116e7d22aecb@k13g2000hse.googlegroups.com>
I have a memory leak in one function, but I have no idea why it leaks.
This is the function:

protected void ProcessState_FILE_SEND(){
        byte[] data = new byte[readSize];
        int dataRead = 0;

        //If it is the first file. Also a file discriptor has to be send.
        if(currentFile == -1){
            NextFile(); //Get the first file.
            try{ //Send the file discriptor.
                Send_File_Discriptor(sessionID,
filelistWorking[currentFile].getName(),
filelistWorking[currentFile].length(), GenerateFileID());
            } catch (IOException e1) {
                System.out.println("Error reading file:
"+filelistWorking[currentFile].getName());
                Disconnect();

                return;
            }
        }

        try {
            dataRead = ReadFile(data); //Read the file data.
            if(dataRead != -1){
                Send_File_Data(sessionID, data); //Send the data.
                bytesSend += dataRead;
            }
        } catch (IOException e1) {
            System.out.println("Error reading file:
"+filelistWorking[currentFile].getName());
            Disconnect();

            return;
        }
        //The file is done reading and the next file should be send and the
beginning of his data.
        if(dataRead == -1){
            UpdateStats(); //Update the stats so the correct bytesSend is
added.
            NextFile(); //Get the next file.
            if(currentFile < filelistWorking.length){ //If it is not the last
file..
                try { //Send discriptor, read and send the data.
                    Send_File_Discriptor(sessionID,
filelistWorking[currentFile].getName(),
filelistWorking[currentFile].length(), GenerateFileID());
                    dataRead = ReadFile(data);
                    Send_File_Data(sessionID, data);
                    bytesSend += dataRead;
                } catch (IOException e1) {
                    System.out.println("Error reading file:
"+filelistWorking[currentFile].getName());
                    Disconnect();

                    return;
                }
            }else{ //If there are no files left to send.
                try{
                    Send_Got_Files_Correctly(sessionID, GetFilelist());
                    state = LAST_CHECK;
                }catch(IOException e){
                    Disconnect();

                    return;
                }
            }
        }

    }

When analyzing the program I noticed that the byte[] data variable
(declared in the beginning of the method) eats all my memory and
doesn't get released. Does anyone knows why this happens and how to
fix this?

Erik

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