public class

WeakReferenceMonitor

extends Object
java.lang.Object
   ↳ org.springframework.util.WeakReferenceMonitor

Class Overview

Track references to arbitrary objects using proxy and weak references. To monitor a handle, one should call monitor(Object, ReleaseListener), with the given handle object usually being a holder that uses the target object underneath, and the release listener performing cleanup of the target object once the handle is not strongly referenced anymore.

When a given handle becomes weakly reachable, the specified listener will be called by a background thread. This thread will only be started lazily and will be stopped once no handles are registered for monitoring anymore, to be restarted if further handles are added.

Thanks to Tomasz Wysocki for the suggestion and the original implementation of this class!

Summary

Nested Classes
interface WeakReferenceMonitor.ReleaseListener Listener that is notified when the handle is being released. 
Public Constructors
WeakReferenceMonitor()
Public Methods
static void monitor(Object handle, WeakReferenceMonitor.ReleaseListener listener)
Start to monitor given handle object for becoming weakly reachable.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Public Constructors

public WeakReferenceMonitor ()

Also: SpringCore

Public Methods

public static void monitor (Object handle, WeakReferenceMonitor.ReleaseListener listener)

Also: SpringCore

Start to monitor given handle object for becoming weakly reachable. When the handle isn't used anymore, the given listener will be called.

Parameters
handle the object that will be monitored
listener the listener that will be called upon release of the handle