org.jboss.serial.references
Class PersistentReference

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.jboss.serial.references.PersistentReference
Direct Known Subclasses:
ArgumentPersistentReference, EmptyReference, FieldPersistentReference

public abstract class PersistentReference
extends java.lang.Object

Base class for persistent references. Persistent reference is a Weak/Soft reference to a reflection object. If the reflection object is garbage collected, the reference is then rebuilt using reflection operations.

Author:
csuconic

Field Summary
static int REFERENCE_SOFT
           
static int REFERENCE_WEAK
           
 
Constructor Summary
PersistentReference(java.lang.Class clazz, java.lang.Object referencedObject, int referenceType)
           
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.Object get()
           
 java.lang.Class getMappedClass()
           
abstract  java.lang.Object rebuildReference()
           
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

REFERENCE_WEAK

public static final int REFERENCE_WEAK
See Also:
Constant Field Values

REFERENCE_SOFT

public static final int REFERENCE_SOFT
See Also:
Constant Field Values
Constructor Detail

PersistentReference

public PersistentReference(java.lang.Class clazz,
                           java.lang.Object referencedObject,
                           int referenceType)
Parameters:
clazz - The clazz being used on this object (where we will do reflection operations)
referencedObject - The reflection object being used
referenceType - if REFERENCE_WEAK will use a WeakReference, and if REFERENCE_SOFT will use a SoftReference for referencedObject
Method Detail

get

public java.lang.Object get()

rebuildReference

public abstract java.lang.Object rebuildReference()
                                           throws java.lang.Exception
Throws:
java.lang.Exception

getMappedClass

public java.lang.Class getMappedClass()


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