0f1b1be0aa
- Related: #2163 - Add ResourceLeakHint to allow a user to provide a meaningful information about the leak when touching it - DefaultChannelHandlerContext now implements ResourceLeakHint to tell where the message is going. - Cleaner resource leak report by excluding noisy stack trace elements
78 lines
3.1 KiB
Java
78 lines
3.1 KiB
Java
/*
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* Copyright 2013 The Netty Project
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*
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* The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
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* version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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* with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
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*
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* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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*
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* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
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* WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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* License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
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* under the License.
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*/
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package io.netty.util;
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/**
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* A reference-counted object that requires explicit deallocation.
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* <p>
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* When a new {@link ReferenceCounted} is instantiated, it starts with the reference count of {@code 1}.
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* {@link #retain()} increases the reference count, and {@link #release()} decreases the reference count.
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* If the reference count is decreased to {@code 0}, the object will be deallocated explicitly, and accessing
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* the deallocated object will usually result in an access violation.
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* </p>
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* <p>
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* If an object that implements {@link ReferenceCounted} is a container of other objects that implement
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* {@link ReferenceCounted}, the contained objects will also be released via {@link #release()} when the container's
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* reference count becomes 0.
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* </p>
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*/
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public interface ReferenceCounted {
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/**
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* Returns the reference count of this object. If {@code 0}, it means this object has been deallocated.
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*/
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int refCnt();
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/**
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* Increases the reference count by {@code 1}.
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*/
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ReferenceCounted retain();
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/**
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* Increases the reference count by the specified {@code increment}.
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*/
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ReferenceCounted retain(int increment);
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/**
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* Records the current access location of this object for debugging purposes.
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* If this object is determined to be leaked, the information recorded by this operation will be provided to you
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* via {@link ResourceLeakDetector}. This method is a shortcut to {@link #touch(Object) touch(null)}.
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*/
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ReferenceCounted touch();
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/**
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* Records the current access location of this object with an additonal arbitrary information for debugging
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* purposes. If this object is determined to be leaked, the information recorded by this operation will be
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* provided to you via {@link ResourceLeakDetector}.
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*/
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ReferenceCounted touch(Object hint);
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/**
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* Decreases the reference count by {@code 1} and deallocates this object if the reference count reaches at
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* {@code 0}.
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*
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* @return {@code true} if and only if the reference count became {@code 0} and this object has been deallocated
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*/
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boolean release();
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/**
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* Decreases the reference count by the specified {@code decrement} and deallocates this object if the reference
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* count reaches at {@code 0}.
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*
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* @return {@code true} if and only if the reference count became {@code 0} and this object has been deallocated
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*/
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boolean release(int decrement);
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}
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