velocity.log files leaking until "Too many open files" errors

Issue

• We use Apache Velocity in our Java/JBoss application. File handles for velocity.log continue to leak and build up until we hit our file limit and see errors like the following:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /var/lib/jbossas/bin/velocity.log (Too many open files)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:194)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:116)
    at org.apache.log.output.io.FileTarget.openFile(FileTarget.java:106)
    at org.apache.log.output.io.FileTarget.<init>(FileTarget.java:55)
    at org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.AvalonLogChute.initTarget(AvalonLogChute.java:109)
    at org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.AvalonLogChute.init(AvalonLogChute.java:88)
    at org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.LogManager.createLogChute(LogManager.java:150)
    at org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.LogManager.updateLog(LogManager.java:208)
    at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.initializeLog(RuntimeInstance.java:728)
    at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.init(RuntimeInstance.java:240)
    at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.init(VelocityEngine.java:116)