java.lang.ref
Class WeakReference
java.lang.Object
java.lang.ref.Reference
java.lang.ref.WeakReference
- Direct Known Subclasses:
- AbstractActionPropertyChangeListener.OwnedWeakReference, GapContent.MarkData, ThreadLocal.ThreadLocalMap.Entry, WeakHashMap.Entry
- public class WeakReference
- extends Reference
Weak reference objects, which do not prevent their referents from being
made finalizable, finalized, and then reclaimed. Weak references are most
often used to implement canonicalizing mappings.
Suppose that the garbage collector determines at a certain point in time
that an object is weakly
reachable. At that time it will atomically clear all weak references to
that object and all weak references to any other weakly-reachable objects
from which that object is reachable through a chain of strong and soft
references. At the same time it will declare all of the formerly
weakly-reachable objects to be finalizable. At the same time or at some
later time it will enqueue those newly-cleared weak references that are
registered with reference queues.
- Since:
- 1.2
- Author:
- Mark Reinhold
Nested classes inherited from class java.lang.ref.Reference |
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Constructor Summary |
WeakReference(Object referent)
Creates a new weak reference that refers to the given object. |
WeakReference(Object referent,
ReferenceQueue q)
Creates a new weak reference that refers to the given object and is
registered with the given queue. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
WeakReference
public WeakReference(Object referent)
- Creates a new weak reference that refers to the given object. The new
reference is not registered with any queue.
- Parameters:
referent
- object the new weak reference will refer to
WeakReference
public WeakReference(Object referent,
ReferenceQueue q)
- Creates a new weak reference that refers to the given object and is
registered with the given queue.
- Parameters:
referent
- object the new weak reference will refer toq
- queue the weak reference is registered with
- Throws:
NullPointerException
- If the queue
argument
is null