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/* 
 * Copyright (C) 2008 Wayne Meissner
 *
 * This file is part of gstreamer-java.
 *
 * This code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 only, as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * version 3 for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * version 3 along with this work.  If not, see .
 */

package org.freedesktop.gstreamer.lowlevel;

import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
import org.freedesktop.gstreamer.glib.RefCountedObject;

/**
 * Manages keep alive links from one object to another.
 */
public class ReferenceManager {
    private ReferenceManager() {}
    /**
     * Adds a link from ref to target that keeps target alive
     * whilst ref is alive.
     * 
     * @param ref
     * @param target
     */
    public static  T addKeepAliveReference(T ref, RefCountedObject target) {
        if (ref != null) {
            StaticData.map.put(new WeakReference