Class | Description |
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PhantomReference<T> |
A phantom reference is useful, to get notified, when an object got
finalized.
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Reference<T> |
This is the base class of all references.
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ReferenceQueue<T> |
This is the queue, where references can enqueue themselve on.
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SoftReference<T> |
A soft reference will be cleared, if the object is only softly
reachable and the garbage collection needs more memory.
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WeakReference<T> |
A weak reference will be cleared, if the object is only weakly
reachable.
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