//: c09:References.java // From 'Thinking in Java, 2nd ed.' by Bruce Eckel // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. // Demonstrates Reference objects import java.lang.ref.*; class VeryBig { static final int SZ = 10000; double[] d = new double[SZ]; String ident; public VeryBig(String id) { ident = id; } public String toString() { return ident; } public void finalize() { System.out.println("Finalizing " + ident); } } public class References { static ReferenceQueue rq= new ReferenceQueue(); public static void checkQueue() { Object inq = rq.poll(); if(inq != null) System.out.println("In queue: " + (VeryBig)((Reference)inq).get()); } public static void main(String[] args) { int size = 10; // Or, choose size via the command line: if(args.length > 0) size = Integer.parseInt(args[0]); SoftReference[] sa = new SoftReference[size]; for(int i = 0; i < sa.length; i++) { sa[i] = new SoftReference( new VeryBig("Soft " + i), rq); System.out.println("Just created: " + (VeryBig)sa[i].get()); checkQueue(); } WeakReference[] wa = new WeakReference[size]; for(int i = 0; i < wa.length; i++) { wa[i] = new WeakReference( new VeryBig("Weak " + i), rq); System.out.println("Just created: " + (VeryBig)wa[i].get()); checkQueue(); } SoftReference s = new SoftReference( new VeryBig("Soft")); WeakReference w = new WeakReference( new VeryBig("Weak")); System.gc(); PhantomReference[] pa = new PhantomReference[size]; for(int i = 0; i < pa.length; i++) { pa[i] = new PhantomReference( new VeryBig("Phantom " + i), rq); System.out.println("Just created: " + (VeryBig)pa[i].get()); checkQueue(); } } } ///:~