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20 package com
.sun
.star
.uno
;
23 * This class holds weak reference to an object.
25 * <p>It actually holds a reference to a <code>com.sun.star.XAdapter</code>
26 * implementation and obtains a hard reference if necessary.
28 public class WeakReference
30 private OWeakRefListener m_listener
;
31 // There is no default constructor. Every instance must register itself with the
32 // XAdapter interface, which is done in the constructors. Assume we have this code
33 // WeakReference ref= new WeakReference();
34 // ref = someOtherWeakReference;
36 // ref would not be notified (XReference.dispose()) because it did not register
37 // itself. Therefore the XAdapter would be kept alive although this is not
41 * Creates an instance of this class.
43 * @param obj another instance that is to be copied.
45 public WeakReference(WeakReference obj
)
50 Object weakImpl
= obj
.get();
51 if (weakImpl
== null) {
54 XWeak weak
= UnoRuntime
.queryInterface(XWeak
.class, weakImpl
);
56 XAdapter adapter
= weak
.queryAdapter();
58 m_listener
= new OWeakRefListener(adapter
);
63 * Creates an instance of this class.
65 * @param obj XWeak implementation.
67 public WeakReference(Object obj
)
69 XWeak weak
= UnoRuntime
.queryInterface(XWeak
.class, obj
);
72 XAdapter adapter
= weak
.queryAdapter();
74 m_listener
= new OWeakRefListener(adapter
);
79 * Returns a hard reference to the object that is kept weak by this class.
81 * @return a hard reference to the XWeak implementation.
85 if (m_listener
!= null)
86 return m_listener
.get();
92 * Implementation of com.sun.star.uno.XReference for use with WeakReference.
94 * <p>It keeps the XAdapter implementation and registers always with it.
95 * Deregistering occurs on notification by the adapter and the adapter is
98 class OWeakRefListener
implements XReference
100 private XAdapter m_adapter
;
103 * The constructor registered this object with adapter.
105 * @param adapter the XAdapter implementation.
107 OWeakRefListener( XAdapter adapter
)
110 m_adapter
.addReference(this);
114 * Method of <code>com.sun.star.uno.XReference</code>.
116 * <p>When called, it deregisters this object with the adapter and releases
117 * the reference to it.</p>
119 synchronized public void dispose()
121 if (m_adapter
!= null)
123 m_adapter
.removeReference(this);
129 * Obtains a hard reference to the object which is kept weak by the adapter
132 * @return hard reference to the otherwise weakly kept object.
134 synchronized Object
get()
137 if (m_adapter
!= null)
139 retVal
= m_adapter
.queryAdapted();
142 // If this object registered as listener with XAdapter while it was notifying
143 // the listeners then this object might not have been notified. If queryAdapted
144 // returned null then the weak kept object is dead and the listeners have already
145 // been notified. And we missed it.
146 m_adapter
.removeReference(this);
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