org.apache.tools.ant.util
Class WeakishReference

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.tools.ant.util.WeakishReference

Direct Known Subclasses:

WeakishReference.HardReference

Deprecated. deprecated 1.7; will be removed in Ant1.8 Just use WeakReference directly.

public class WeakishReference
extends java.lang.Object

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. Now that Ant is 1.2+ only, life is simpler and none of the classes are needed any more. They are only retained in case a third-party task uses them

Since:

ant1.6

See Also:

WeakishReference12

Nested Class Summary

static class

WeakishReference.HardReference Deprecated. since 1.7. Hopefully nobody is using this.

Method Summary

static WeakishReference	createReference(java.lang.Object object) Deprecated. create the appropriate type of reference for the java version
java.lang.Object	get() Deprecated. Returns this reference object's referent.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

get

public java.lang.Object get()

Deprecated.

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.

createReference

public static WeakishReference createReference(java.lang.Object object)

Deprecated.

create the appropriate type of reference for the java version

Parameters:

object - the object that the reference will refer to.

Returns:

reference to the Object.