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- /*
- * @(#)Ref.java 1.18 96/03/30
- *
- * Copyright (c) 1994 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software
- * and its documentation for NON-COMMERCIAL purposes and without
- * fee is hereby granted provided that this copyright notice
- * appears in all copies. Please refer to the file "copyright.html"
- * for further important copyright and licensing information.
- *
- * SUN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF
- * THE SOFTWARE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
- * TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
- * PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SUN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
- * ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY LICENSEE AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING OR
- * DISTRIBUTING THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS DERIVATIVES.
- */
-
- package sun.misc;
-
- /**
- * A "Ref" is an indirect reference to an object that the garbage collector
- * knows about. An application should override the reconstitute() method with one
- * that will construct the object based on information in the Ref, often by
- * reading from a file. The get() method retains a cache of the result of the last call to
- * reconstitute() in the Ref. When space gets tight, the garbage collector
- * will clear old Ref cache entries when there are no other pointers to the
- * object. In normal usage, Ref will always be subclassed. The subclass will add the
- * instance variables necessary for the reconstitute() method to work. It will also add a
- * constructor to set them up, and write a version of reconstitute().
- * @version 1.18, 03/30/96
- */
-
- public abstract class Ref {
- static int lruclock;
- private Object thing;
- private long priority;
-
- /**
- * Returns a pointer to the object referenced by this Ref. If the object
- * has been thrown away by the garbage collector, it will be
- * reconstituted. This method does everything necessary to ensure that the garbage
- * collector throws things away in Least Recently Used(LRU) order. Applications should
- * never override this method. The get() method effectively caches calls to
- * reconstitute().
- */
- public Object get() {
- Object p = thing;
- if (p == null) {
- /* synchronize if thing is null, but then check again
- in case somebody else beat us to it */
- synchronized (this) {
- if (thing == null) {
- p = reconstitute();
- thing = p;
- }
- }
- }
- priority = ++lruclock;
- return p; /* Return local copy to avoid potential race */
- }
-
- /**
- * Returns a pointer to the object referenced by this Ref by
- * reconstituting it from some external source (such as a file). This method should not
- * bother with caching since the method get() will deal with that.
- * <p>
- * In normal usage, Ref will always be subclassed. The subclass will add
- * the instance variables necessary for reconstitute() to work. It will
- * also add a constructor to set them up, and write a version of
- * reconstitute().
- */
- public abstract Object reconstitute();
-
- /**
- * Flushes the cached object. Forces the next invocation of get() to
- * invoke reconstitute().
- */
- public void flush() {
- thing = null;
- }
-
- /**
- * Sets the thing to the specified object.
- * @param thing the specified object
- */
- public void setThing(Object thing) {
- this.thing = thing;
- }
-
- /**
- * Checks to see what object is being pointed at by this Ref and returns it.
- */
- public Object check() {
- return thing;
- }
-
- /**
- * Constructs a new Ref.
- */
- public Ref() {
- priority = ++lruclock;
- }
- }
-