WeakishReference Apache Ant 1.7.1)

org.apache.tools.ant.util. ~~WeakishReference View Source~~

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Since

ant1.6

Version

Serial

Hierarchy

Object

WeakishReference

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Subclasses

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WeakishReference.HardReference

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Description

public class WeakishReference

These classes are part of some code to reduce memory leaks by only retaining weak references to things on Java1.2+, and yet still work (with leaky hard references) on Java1.1.

See also: WeakishReference12

Constructors

pack-private WeakishReference (java.lang.Object reference)

create a new soft reference, which is bound to a Weak reference inside

create a new soft reference, which is bound to a
Weak reference inside
Parameters:
- reference -
See Also: WeakReference,

Methods

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publicstatic WeakishReference createReference (java.lang.Object object)

create the appropriate type of reference for the java version

public java.lang.Object get ()

Returns this reference object's referent.

Returns this reference object's referent. If this reference object has
been cleared, then this method returns null.
Returns: The object to which this reference refers, or null if this reference object has been cleared.

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Nested Classes

~~WeakishReference.HardReference~~

This was a hard reference for Java 1.1.