java.lang.ref
Class JamaicaReferences

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.ref.JamaicaReferences

public final class JamaicaReferences
extends Object

JamaicaReferences is a class that manages weak, soft and phantom references and the execution of the finalizers within JamaicaVM.

This class is not accessible by application code, all public methods are instance methods, there is no public constructor and there is no other means for the user application to obtain a reference to an instance of this class.

Method Summary

Object	fd2obj(Object fd) get object from a finalize descriptor
boolean	finalizeObject1(Object finalizeDescriptor) Finalize object given by finalizeDescriptor.
void	finalizeObject2(Object finalizeDescriptor) Perform second half of object finalization after finalize() method was executed.
void	removeRef(Reference thisRef) Remove reference from reference tree it has been added to.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

fd2obj

public Object fd2obj(Object fd)

get object from a finalize descriptor

Parameters:

fd - a finalize descriptor

Returns:

the corresponding Java object.

removeRef

public void removeRef(Reference thisRef)

Remove reference from reference tree it has been added to.

Parameters:

thisRef - the reference tree

finalizeObject1

public boolean finalizeObject1(Object finalizeDescriptor)

Finalize object given by finalizeDescriptor. Result is true if finalizer method must be executed. If so, finalizeObject2 must be called after termination of the finalizer.

Parameters:

finalizeDescriptor - the finalize descriptor for the object to be finalized.

Returns:

true if we need to call the finalizer and finalizeObject2.

finalizeObject2

public void finalizeObject2(Object finalizeDescriptor)

Perform second half of object finalization after finalize() method was executed.

Parameters:

finalizeDescriptor - the finalize descriptor for the object to be finalized.