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package com.google.inject.internal;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
import java.lang.ref.Reference;
import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
import java.lang.ref.PhantomReference;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
/**
* Thread that finalizes referents. All references should implement
* {@code com.google.inject.internal.FinalizableReference}.
*
* While this class is public, we consider it to be *internal* and not part
* of our published API. It is public so we can access it reflectively across
* class loaders in secure environments.
*
*
This class can't depend on other Google Collections code. If we were
* to load this class in the same class loader as the rest of
* Google Collections, this thread would keep an indirect strong reference
* to the class loader and prevent it from being garbage collected. This
* poses a problem for environments where you want to throw away the class
* loader. For example, dynamically reloading a web application or unloading
* an OSGi bundle.
*
*
{@code com.google.inject.internal.FinalizableReferenceQueue} loads this class
* in its own class loader. That way, this class doesn't prevent the main
* class loader from getting garbage collected, and this class can detect when
* the main class loader has been garbage collected and stop itself.
*/
public class Finalizer extends Thread {
private static final Logger logger
= Logger.getLogger(Finalizer.class.getName());
/** Name of FinalizableReference.class. */
private static final String FINALIZABLE_REFERENCE
= "com.google.inject.internal.FinalizableReference";
/**
* Starts the Finalizer thread. FinalizableReferenceQueue calls this method
* reflectively.
*
* @param finalizableReferenceClass FinalizableReference.class
* @param frq reference to instance of FinalizableReferenceQueue that started
* this thread
* @return ReferenceQueue which Finalizer will poll
*/
public static ReferenceQueue