Index: src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/plugins/providers/atom/AtomFeedProvider.java
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Index: src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/plugins/providers/atom/AtomEntryProvider.java
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Index: src/test/java/org/jboss/resteasy/plugins/providers/atom/AtomProviderTest.java
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--- src/test/java/org/jboss/resteasy/plugins/providers/atom/AtomProviderTest.java	(revision 0)
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+package org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.providers.atom;
+
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.management.ClassLoadingMXBean;
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.ext.MessageBodyWriter;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.providers.jaxb.XmlJAXBContextFinder;
+import org.jboss.resteasy.spi.ResteasyProviderFactory;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class AtomProviderTest {
+
+    private AtomFeedProvider atomFeedProvider;
+    
+    private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(AtomProviderTest.class);
+
+    private AtomEntryProvider atomEntryProvider;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        
+        ResteasyProviderFactory resteasyProviderFactory = new ResteasyProviderFactory();
+        resteasyProviderFactory.addContextResolver(XmlJAXBContextFinder.class);
+        
+        atomFeedProvider = new AtomFeedProvider();
+        atomFeedProvider.providers = resteasyProviderFactory;
+        
+        atomEntryProvider = new AtomEntryProvider();
+        atomEntryProvider.providers = resteasyProviderFactory;
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testAtomFeedProviderWriteToReusesJAXBContext() throws WebApplicationException, IOException {
+        doPermGenTest(new Feed(), atomFeedProvider, "Atom Feed Provider");
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testAtomEntryProviderWriteToReusesJAXBContext() throws IOException {
+        doPermGenTest(new Entry(), atomEntryProvider, "Atom Entry Provider");
+    }
+
+    private <T> void doPermGenTest(T entity, MessageBodyWriter<T> writer, String description) throws IOException {
+        ClassLoadingMXBean classLoadingStats = ManagementFactory.getClassLoadingMXBean();
+        long loadedClasses = classLoadingStats.getTotalLoadedClassCount();
+        log.info(String.format("Class count at start: %d", loadedClasses));
+        int steadyStateCount = 0;
+                
+        for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
+            
+            writer.writeTo(entity, entity.getClass(), entity.getClass(), null, 
+                    MediaType.APPLICATION_ATOM_XML_TYPE, null, new ByteArrayOutputStream());
+            
+            if (loadedClasses == classLoadingStats.getTotalLoadedClassCount()) {             
+                if (++steadyStateCount >= 10) {
+                    return;
+                }
+            } else {
+                steadyStateCount = 0;
+            }
+            loadedClasses = classLoadingStats.getTotalLoadedClassCount();
+            log.info(String.format("Class count at %d for iteration %d", loadedClasses, i));
+        }
+        
+        fail(String.format("%s should not be loading new classes on each call to writeTo", 
+                description));
+    }
+
+}