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// Copyright 2017 Yahoo Holdings. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
package com.yahoo.jdisc;
import com.yahoo.jdisc.application.ContainerActivator;
import com.yahoo.jdisc.application.ContainerBuilder;
import com.yahoo.jdisc.application.DeactivatedContainer;
import com.yahoo.jdisc.handler.RequestHandler;
import com.yahoo.jdisc.service.ClientProvider;
import com.yahoo.jdisc.service.ServerProvider;
/**
* This interface defines a reference counted resource. This is the parent interface of {@link RequestHandler},
* {@link ClientProvider} and {@link ServerProvider}, and is used by jDISC to appropriately signal resources as they
* become candidates for deallocation. As a {@link ContainerBuilder} is {@link
* ContainerActivator#activateContainer(ContainerBuilder) activated}, all its components are {@link #refer() retained}
* by that {@link Container}. Once a {@link DeactivatedContainer} terminates, all of that Container's components are
* {@link ResourceReference#close() released}. This resource tracking allows an Application to implement a significantly
* simpler scheme for managing its resources than would otherwise be possible.
*
* Objects are created with an initial reference count of 1, representing the reference held by the object creator.
*
*
You should not really think about the management of resources in terms of reference counting, instead think of it
* in terms of resource ownership. You retain a resource to prevent it from being destroyed while you are using it, and
* you release a resource once you are done using it.
*
* @author Simon Thoresen
*/
public interface SharedResource {
String SYSTEM_PROPERTY_NAME_DEBUG = "jdisc.debug.resources";
boolean DEBUG = Boolean.valueOf(System.getProperty(SYSTEM_PROPERTY_NAME_DEBUG));
/**
* Increments the reference count of this resource. You call this method to prevent an object from being
* destroyed until you have finished using it.
*
* You MUST keep the returned {@link ResourceReference} object and release the reference by calling
* {@link ResourceReference#close()} on it. A reference created by this method can NOT be released by calling
* {@link #release()}.
*
* @see ResourceReference#close()
*/
ResourceReference refer();
/**
* Releases the "main" reference to this resource (the implicit reference due to creation of the object).
*
* References obtained by calling {@link #refer()} must be released by calling {@link ResourceReference#close()}
* on the {@link ResourceReference} returned from {@link #refer()}, NOT by calling this method. You call this
* method once you are done using an object that you have previously caused instantiation of.
*
* @see ResourceReference
*/
void release();
}