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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.
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9  *
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15  */
16
17 package com.google.inject.util;
18
19 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference JavaDoc;
20
21 /**
22  * Weak reference with a {@link FinalizableReference#finalizeReferent()} method
23  * which a background thread invokes after the garbage collector reclaims the
24  * referent. This is a simpler alternative to using a
25  * {@link java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue}.
26  *
27  * @author crazybob@google.com (Bob Lee)
28  */
29 public abstract class FinalizableWeakReference<T> extends WeakReference JavaDoc<T>
30     implements FinalizableReference {
31
32   protected FinalizableWeakReference(T referent) {
33     super(referent, FinalizableReferenceQueue.getInstance());
34   }
35 }
36
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