de.intarsys.tools.resourcetracker
Class WeakResourceReference

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.ref.Reference<T>
      java.lang.ref.WeakReference
          de.intarsys.tools.resourcetracker.WeakResourceReference

All Implemented Interfaces:

IResourceReference

public class WeakResourceReference
extends java.lang.ref.WeakReference
implements IResourceReference

A generic reference to some trackable resource. The resource finalization is managed using a WeakReference to the container. When the container is garbage collected, the reference is forwarded to the ResourceTracker that created it for disposal.

Constructor Summary

WeakResourceReference(java.lang.Object container, java.lang.Object resource, ResourceTracker tracker)

Method Summary

void	dispose()
java.lang.Object	getResource() The resource tracked.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ref.Reference

clear, enqueue, get, isEnqueued

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

WeakResourceReference

public WeakResourceReference(java.lang.Object container,
                             java.lang.Object resource,
                             ResourceTracker tracker)

Method Detail

dispose

public void dispose()

Specified by:

dispose in interface IResourceReference

getResource

public java.lang.Object getResource()

Description copied from interface: IResourceReference

The resource tracked.

Specified by:

getResource in interface IResourceReference

Returns:

The resource tracked.