libjava/java/lang/ref/ReferenceQueue.java

/* java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue
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package java.lang.ref;

/**
 * This is the queue, where references can enqueue themselve on.  Each
 * reference may be registered to a queue at initialization time and
 * will be appended to the queue, when the enqueue method is called.
 *
 * The enqueue method may be automatically called by the garbage
 * collector if it detects, that the object is only reachable through
 * the Reference objects.
 *
 * @author Jochen Hoenicke
 * @see Reference#enqueue()
 */
public class ReferenceQueue
{
  /**
   * This is a linked list of references.  If this is null, the list is
   * empty.  Otherwise this points to the first reference on the queue.
   * The first reference will point to the next reference via the 
   * <code>nextOnQueue</code> field.  The last reference will point to
   * itself (not to null, since <code>nextOnQueue</code> is used to 
   * determine if a reference is enqueued).
   */
  private Reference first;

  /**
   * Creates a new empty reference queue.
   */
  public ReferenceQueue()
  {
  }

  /**
   * Checks if there is a reference on the queue, returning it
   * immediately.  The reference will be dequeued.
   *
   * @return a reference on the queue, if there is one,
   * <code>null</code> otherwise.  
   */
  public synchronized Reference poll()
  { 
    return dequeue();
  }

  /**
   * This is called by reference to enqueue itself on this queue.  
   * @param ref the reference that should be enqueued.
   */
  synchronized void enqueue(Reference ref)
  {
    /* last reference will point to itself */
    ref.nextOnQueue = first == null ? ref : first;
    first = ref;
    /* this wakes only one remove thread. */
    notify();
  }

  /**
   * Remove a reference from the queue, if there is one.
   * @return the first element of the queue, or null if there isn't any.
   */
  private Reference dequeue()
  {
    if (first == null)
      return null;

    Reference result = first;
    first = (first == first.nextOnQueue) ? null : first.nextOnQueue;
    result.nextOnQueue = null;
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Removes a reference from the queue, blocking for <code>timeout</code>
   * until a reference is enqueued.
   * @param timeout the timeout period in milliseconds, <code>0</code> means
   * wait forever.
   * @return the reference removed from the queue, or 
   * <code>null</code> if timeout period expired.  
   * @exception InterruptedException if the wait was interrupted.
   */
  public synchronized Reference remove(long timeout)
    throws InterruptedException
  {
    if (first == null)
      {
	wait(timeout);
      }

    return dequeue();
  }
    

  /**
   * Removes a reference from the queue, blocking until a reference is
   * enqueued.
   *
   * @return the reference removed from the queue.  
   * @exception InterruptedException if the wait was interrupted.
   */
  public Reference remove()
    throws InterruptedException
  {
    return remove(0L);
  }
}