1 /** 2 * Copyright (C) 2006 Google Inc. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package com.google.inject.util; 18 19 /** 20 * Package-private interface implemented by references that have code to run 21 * after garbage collection of their referents. 22 * 23 * @author crazybob@google.com (Bob Lee) 24 */ 25 interface FinalizableReference { 26 27 /** 28 * Invoked on a background thread after the referent has been garbage 29 * collected. 30 */ 31 void finalizeReferent(); 32 } 33