Source for java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue

   1: /* java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue
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  37: 
  38: 
  39: package java.lang.ref;
  40: 
  41: /**
  42:  * This is the queue, where references can enqueue themselve on.  Each
  43:  * reference may be registered to a queue at initialization time and
  44:  * will be appended to the queue, when the enqueue method is called.
  45:  *
  46:  * The enqueue method may be automatically called by the garbage
  47:  * collector if it detects, that the object is only reachable through
  48:  * the Reference objects.
  49:  *
  50:  * @author Jochen Hoenicke
  51:  * @see Reference#enqueue()
  52:  */
  53: public class ReferenceQueue
  54: {
  55:   /**
  56:    * This is a linked list of references.  If this is null, the list is
  57:    * empty.  Otherwise this points to the first reference on the queue.
  58:    * The first reference will point to the next reference via the 
  59:    * <code>nextOnQueue</code> field.  The last reference will point to
  60:    * itself (not to null, since <code>nextOnQueue</code> is used to 
  61:    * determine if a reference is enqueued).
  62:    */
  63:   private Reference first;
  64: 
  65:   /**
  66:    * Creates a new empty reference queue.
  67:    */
  68:   public ReferenceQueue()
  69:   {
  70:   }
  71: 
  72:   /**
  73:    * Checks if there is a reference on the queue, returning it
  74:    * immediately.  The reference will be dequeued.
  75:    *
  76:    * @return a reference on the queue, if there is one,
  77:    * <code>null</code> otherwise.  
  78:    */
  79:   public synchronized Reference poll()
  80:   { 
  81:     return dequeue();
  82:   }
  83: 
  84:   /**
  85:    * This is called by reference to enqueue itself on this queue.  
  86:    * @param ref the reference that should be enqueued.
  87:    */
  88:   synchronized void enqueue(Reference ref)
  89:   {
  90:     /* last reference will point to itself */
  91:     ref.nextOnQueue = first == null ? ref : first;
  92:     first = ref;
  93:     /* this wakes only one remove thread. */
  94:     notify();
  95:   }
  96: 
  97:   /**
  98:    * Remove a reference from the queue, if there is one.
  99:    * @return the first element of the queue, or null if there isn't any.
 100:    */
 101:   private Reference dequeue()
 102:   {
 103:     if (first == null)
 104:       return null;
 105: 
 106:     Reference result = first;
 107:     first = (first == first.nextOnQueue) ? null : first.nextOnQueue;
 108:     result.nextOnQueue = null;
 109:     return result;
 110:   }
 111: 
 112:   /**
 113:    * Removes a reference from the queue, blocking for <code>timeout</code>
 114:    * until a reference is enqueued.
 115:    * @param timeout the timeout period in milliseconds, <code>0</code> means
 116:    * wait forever.
 117:    * @return the reference removed from the queue, or 
 118:    * <code>null</code> if timeout period expired.  
 119:    * @exception InterruptedException if the wait was interrupted.
 120:    */
 121:   public synchronized Reference remove(long timeout)
 122:     throws InterruptedException
 123:   {
 124:     if (first == null)
 125:       {
 126:     wait(timeout);
 127:       }
 128: 
 129:     return dequeue();
 130:   }
 131:     
 132: 
 133:   /**
 134:    * Removes a reference from the queue, blocking until a reference is
 135:    * enqueued.
 136:    *
 137:    * @return the reference removed from the queue.  
 138:    * @exception InterruptedException if the wait was interrupted.
 139:    */
 140:   public Reference remove()
 141:     throws InterruptedException
 142:   {
 143:     return remove(0L);
 144:   }
 145: }