From a1ba0d2c404a0842ed72c089fcf70de5a4199e55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Panos Athanasiou <Panos.Athanasiou@deltares.nl>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2024 17:02:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add a garbage collector when SfincsAdapter is deleted to make
 sure that open file handles are closed

---
 flood_adapt/integrator/sfincs_adapter.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/flood_adapt/integrator/sfincs_adapter.py b/flood_adapt/integrator/sfincs_adapter.py
index 6a9cc07c7..5d208e5c2 100644
--- a/flood_adapt/integrator/sfincs_adapter.py
+++ b/flood_adapt/integrator/sfincs_adapter.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import gc
 import logging
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ def __del__(self):
         # Close the log file associated with the logger
         for handler in self.sfincs_logger.handlers:
             handler.close()
+        gc.collect()
 
     def set_timing(self, event: EventModel):
         """Changes model reference times based on event time series."""