Package com.azure.core.util

Interface ReferenceManager

public interface ReferenceManager

This interface represents managing references to Objects and providing the ability to run a cleaning operation once the object is no longer able to be reference.

Expected usage of this is through INSTANCE.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static ReferenceManager	INSTANCE	The global instance of ReferenceManager that should be used to maintain object references.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	register(Object object, Runnable cleanupAction)	Registers the object and the cleaning action to run once the object becomes phantom reachable.

Field Detail

INSTANCE

static final ReferenceManager INSTANCE

The global instance of ReferenceManager that should be used to maintain object references.

Method Detail

register

void register(Object object,
              Runnable cleanupAction)

Registers the object and the cleaning action to run once the object becomes phantom reachable.

The cleanupAction cannot have a reference to the object, otherwise the object will never be able to become phantom reachable.

Exceptions thrown by cleanupAction are ignored.

Parameters:

object - The object to monitor.

cleanupAction - The cleanup action to perform when the object becomes phantom reachable.

Throws:

NullPointerException - If either object or cleanupAction are null.