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package org.xnio;

import static java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged;

import java.lang.ref.PhantomReference;
import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.IdentityHashMap;
import java.util.Set;

import org.wildfly.common.ref.CleanerReference;

An automatic reference is a phantom reference which is automatically freed by a background thread when it is enqueued. Since this type of garbage collection imposes considerable overhead, it should only be used sparingly, when it is impossible to achieve correctness any other way.
Author:David M. Lloyd
Deprecated:See CleanerReference.
/** * An automatic reference is a phantom reference which is automatically freed by a background thread when it is * enqueued. Since this type of garbage collection imposes considerable overhead, it should only be used sparingly, * when it is impossible to achieve correctness any other way. * * @author <a href="mailto:david.lloyd@redhat.com">David M. Lloyd</a> * @deprecated See {@link CleanerReference}. */
@Deprecated public abstract class AutomaticReference<T> extends PhantomReference<T> { static final Object PERMIT = new Object(); // todo: we can do better than this... private static final Set<AutomaticReference<?>> LIVE_SET = Collections.synchronizedSet(Collections.newSetFromMap(new IdentityHashMap<AutomaticReference<?>, Boolean>()));
Get the security authorization permit to create automatic references.
Throws:
Returns:the permit
/** * Get the security authorization permit to create automatic references. * * @return the permit * @throws SecurityException if a security manager is enabled and the caller does not have the {@code createAutomaticReference} {@link RuntimePermission} */
public static Object getPermit() { final SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager(); if (sm != null) { sm.checkPermission(new RuntimePermission("createAutomaticReference")); } return PERMIT; } private static ReferenceQueue<Object> checkPermit(Object permit) { if (permit == PERMIT) { // only initialize the cleaner on the first valid permit return Cleaner.QUEUE; } else { throw new SecurityException("Unauthorized subclass of " + AutomaticReference.class); } }
Always returns null.
Returns:null
/** * Always returns {@code null}. * * @return {@code null} */
public final T get() { return null; }
Not supported.
Throws:
  • UnsupportedOperationException – always
/** * Not supported. * * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always */
public final void clear() { throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); }
Determine whether this reference has been enqueued by the garbage collector.
Returns:true if the reference has been enqueued, false otherwise
/** * Determine whether this reference has been enqueued by the garbage collector. * * @return {@code true} if the reference has been enqueued, {@code false} otherwise */
public final boolean isEnqueued() { return super.isEnqueued(); }
Not supported.
Throws:
Returns:nothing
/** * Not supported. * * @return nothing * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always */
public final boolean enqueue() { throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); }
Construct a new instance. In order to maximize performance, the only security check performed by this constructor is to verify the permit which was passed in.
Params:
  • referent – the object to monitor
  • permit – the permit object originally acquired from getPermit()
/** * Construct a new instance. In order to maximize performance, the only security check performed by * this constructor is to verify the {@code permit} which was passed in. * * @param referent the object to monitor * @param permit the permit object originally acquired from {@link #getPermit()} */
protected AutomaticReference(final T referent, final Object permit) { super(referent, checkPermit(permit)); LIVE_SET.add(this); }
Free this reference. This method will be called from a dedicated thread or threads so this method should execute as quickly as possible.
/** * Free this reference. This method will be called from a dedicated thread or threads so this method * should execute as quickly as possible. */
protected abstract void free(); static class Cleaner implements Runnable { private static final ReferenceQueue<Object> QUEUE; static { QUEUE = new ReferenceQueue<>(); doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Void>() { public Void run() { final Thread thr = new Thread(new Cleaner(), "XNIO cleaner thread"); thr.setDaemon(true); thr.setContextClassLoader(null); thr.start(); return null; } }); } public void run() { AutomaticReference<?> ref; for (;;) try { ref = (AutomaticReference<?>) QUEUE.remove(); try { ref.free(); } finally { LIVE_SET.remove(ref); } } catch (Throwable ignored) { } } } }