Package java.lang.ref

Low level manipulation and monitoring of object references.

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Class Summary

JamaicaReferences	JamaicaReferences is a class that manages weak, soft and phantom references and the execution of the finalizers within JamaicaVM.
PhantomReference<T>	PhantomReference is a reference that will get enqueued by the garbage collector when the referenced object is not reachable any longer and it cannot be resurrected again (in contrast to soft and weak references that can be resurrected by the execution of the finalizer after these references are cleared).
Reference<T>	Reference is the common abstract super class for reference types WeakReference, SoftReference and PhantomReference.
ReferenceQueue<T>	ReferenceQueue is a list of (weak, soft or phantom) references that where cleared by the garbage collector.
SoftReference<T>	SoftReference is a reference that will get cleared and enqueued by the garbage collector when the referenced object is not reachable any longer.
WeakReference<T>	WeakReference is a reference that will get cleared and enqueued by the garbage collector when the referenced object is not reachable any longer.

Package java.lang.ref Description

Low level manipulation and monitoring of object references.