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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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package jnr.ffi.util.ref;

/**
 * Implemented by references that have code to run after garbage collection of their referents.
 *
 * @see FinalizableReferenceQueue
 * @author Bob Lee
 * @since 2.0 (imported from Google Collections Library)
 */
public interface FinalizableReference {
  /**
   * Invoked on a background thread after the referent has been garbage collected unless security
   * restrictions prevented starting a background thread, in which case this method is invoked when
   * new references are created.
   */
  void finalizeReferent();
}