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SWIG is a tool that will automatically generate Java bindings to C++ code. It is
possible to %ignore in SWIG a C++ object's destructor, this is trivially
achieved when using %ignoreall and then selectively %unignore-ing an API. SWIG
cleans up C++ objects using a delete method, which is most commonly called by a
finalizer. When a SWIG generated delete method can't call a destructor, as it is
hidden, the delete method throws an exception. However, in the case of a hidden
C++ destructor SWIG also doesn't generate a finalizer, and so the most common
call to the delete method is removed. The consequence of this is that the SWIG
objects leak their C++ counterpart and no warnings or exceptions are thrown.
This check looks for the pattern of a memory leaking SWIG generated object and
warns about the potential memory leak. The most straightforward fix is to the
SWIG input code to tell it not to %ignore the C++ code's destructor.
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