Added reset function on the StaticApi #1589
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Abstract
In the current implementation, StaticApi doesn't clean its data. It leads to severe memory leaks and therefore it makes the sdk unusable for long running processes such as backend APIs. I started a PR 2 weeks ago to experiment some stuff: #1545. However, more work is needed to ensure it won't introduce negative side effects. Anyway, in the meantime we need a way to avoid memory leaks, this is what this PR is about.
Implementation
Since we need a workaround for this issue, this PR adds a function called
reset
on the StaticApi which resets all the data. After calling this function, StaticApi acts it has never been used, and the old datas held are automatically dropped.This is a good manual workaround before implementing an automatic data cleaning solution, any backend framework based on the StaticApi can call the
reset
function behind the scene so developers won't even notice it.