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Basic utility library containing several useful classes (e.g., a Pair class) to ease everyday programming.

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/* Copyright (C) 2013 TU Dortmund
 * This file is part of AutomataLib, http://www.automatalib.net/.
 * 
 * AutomataLib is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License version 3.0 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
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 * License along with AutomataLib; if not, see
 * http://www.gnu.de/documents/lgpl.en.html.
 */
package net.automatalib.commons.util.ref;

/**
 * Utility functions for dealing with references.
 * 
 * @author Malte Isberner 
 *
 */
public abstract class Refs {

	/**
	 * Creates a strong reference to the given referent.
	 * @param referent the referent.
	 * @return a strong reference to the referent.
	 */
	public static  StrongRef strong(T referent) {
		return new StrongRef(referent);
	}
	
	/**
	 * Creates a weak reference to the given referent.
	 * @param referent the referent.
	 * @return a weak reference to the referent.
	 */
	public static  WeakRef weak(T referent) {
		return new WeakRef(referent);
	}
	

	private Refs() {}
}