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     26 
     27 package java.lang.ref;
     28 
     29 
     30 /**
     31  * Abstract base class for reference objects.  This class defines the
     32  * operations common to all reference objects.  Because reference objects are
     33  * implemented in close cooperation with the garbage collector, this class may
     34  * not be subclassed directly.
     35  *
     36  * @author   Mark Reinhold
     37  * @since    1.2
     38  */
     39 
     40 public abstract class Reference<T> {
     41     /**
     42      * Forces JNI path.
     43      * If GC is not in progress (ie: not going through slow path), the referent
     44      * can be quickly returned through intrinsic without passing through JNI.
     45      * This flag forces the JNI path so that it can be tested and benchmarked.
     46      */
     47     private static boolean disableIntrinsic = false;
     48 
     49     /**
     50      * Slow path flag for the reference processor.
     51      * Used by the reference processor to determine whether or not the referent
     52      * can be immediately returned. Because the referent might get swept during
     53      * GC, the slow path, which passes through JNI, must be taken.
     54      */
     55     private static boolean slowPathEnabled = false;
     56 
     57     volatile T referent;         /* Treated specially by GC */
     58     final ReferenceQueue<? super T> queue;
     59 
     60     /*
     61      * This field forms a singly-linked list of reference objects that have
     62      * been enqueued. The queueNext field is non-null if and only if this
     63      * reference has been enqueued. After this reference has been enqueued and
     64      * before it has been removed from its queue, the queueNext field points
     65      * to the next reference on the queue. The last reference on a queue
     66      * points to itself. Once this reference has been removed from the
     67      * reference queue, the queueNext field points to the
     68      * ReferenceQueue.sQueueNextUnenqueued sentinel reference object for the
     69      * rest of this reference's lifetime.
     70      * <p>
     71      * Access to the queueNext field is guarded by synchronization on a lock
     72      * internal to 'queue'.
     73      */
     74     Reference queueNext;
     75 
     76     /**
     77      * The pendingNext field is initially set by the GC. After the GC forms a
     78      * complete circularly linked list, the list is handed off to the
     79      * ReferenceQueueDaemon using the ReferenceQueue.class lock. The
     80      * ReferenceQueueDaemon can then read the pendingNext fields without
     81      * additional synchronization.
     82      */
     83     Reference<?> pendingNext;
     84 
     85     /* -- Referent accessor and setters -- */
     86 
     87     /**
     88      * Returns this reference object's referent.  If this reference object has
     89      * been cleared, either by the program or by the garbage collector, then
     90      * this method returns <code>null</code>.
     91      *
     92      * @return   The object to which this reference refers, or
     93      *           <code>null</code> if this reference object has been cleared
     94      */
     95     public T get() {
     96         return getReferent();
     97     }
     98 
     99     private final native T getReferent();
    100 
    101     /**
    102      * Clears this reference object.  Invoking this method will not cause this
    103      * object to be enqueued.
    104      *
    105      * <p> This method is invoked only by Java code; when the garbage collector
    106      * clears references it does so directly, without invoking this method.
    107      */
    108     public void clear() {
    109         this.referent = null;
    110     }
    111 
    112 
    113     /* -- Queue operations -- */
    114 
    115     /**
    116      * Tells whether or not this reference object has been enqueued, either by
    117      * the program or by the garbage collector.  If this reference object was
    118      * not registered with a queue when it was created, then this method will
    119      * always return <code>false</code>.
    120      *
    121      * @return   <code>true</code> if and only if this reference object has
    122      *           been enqueued
    123      */
    124     public boolean isEnqueued() {
    125         // Contrary to what the documentation says, this method returns false
    126         // after this reference object has been removed from its queue
    127         // (b/26647823). ReferenceQueue.isEnqueued preserves this historically
    128         // incorrect behavior.
    129         return queue != null && queue.isEnqueued(this);
    130     }
    131 
    132     /**
    133      * Adds this reference object to the queue with which it is registered,
    134      * if any.
    135      *
    136      * <p> This method is invoked only by Java code; when the garbage collector
    137      * enqueues references it does so directly, without invoking this method.
    138      *
    139      * @return   <code>true</code> if this reference object was successfully
    140      *           enqueued; <code>false</code> if it was already enqueued or if
    141      *           it was not registered with a queue when it was created
    142      */
    143     public boolean enqueue() {
    144        return queue != null && queue.enqueue(this);
    145     }
    146 
    147 
    148     /* -- Constructors -- */
    149 
    150     Reference(T referent) {
    151         this(referent, null);
    152     }
    153 
    154     Reference(T referent, ReferenceQueue<? super T> queue) {
    155         this.referent = referent;
    156         this.queue = queue;
    157     }
    158 }
    159