src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/ref/Cleaner.java

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package jdk.internal.ref;

import java.lang.ref.*;


/**
 * General-purpose phantom-reference-based cleaners.
 *
 * <p> Cleaners are a lightweight and more robust alternative to finalization.
 * They are lightweight because they are not created by the VM and thus do not
 * require a JNI upcall to be created, and because their cleanup code is
 * invoked directly by the reference-handler thread rather than by the
 * finalizer thread.  They are more robust because they use phantom references,
 * the weakest type of reference object, thereby avoiding the nasty ordering
 * problems inherent to finalization.
 *
 * <p> A cleaner tracks a referent object and encapsulates a thunk of arbitrary
 * cleanup code.  Some time after the GC detects that a cleaner's referent has
 * become phantom-reachable, the reference-handler thread will run the cleaner.
 * Cleaners may also be invoked directly; they are thread safe and ensure that
 * they run their thunks at most once.
 *
 * <p> Cleaners are not a replacement for finalization.  They should be used
 * only when the cleanup code is extremely simple and straightforward.
 * Nontrivial cleaners are inadvisable since they risk blocking the
 * reference-handler thread and delaying further cleanup and finalization.
 *
 *
 * @author Mark Reinhold
 */

public class Cleaner
    extends PhantomReference<Object>
{

    // Dummy reference queue, needed because the PhantomReference constructor
    // insists that we pass a queue.  Nothing will ever be placed on this queue
    // since the reference handler invokes cleaners explicitly.
    //
    private static final ReferenceQueue<Object> dummyQueue = new ReferenceQueue<>();

    // Doubly-linked list of live cleaners, which prevents the cleaners
    // themselves from being GC'd before their referents
    //
    private static Cleaner first = null;

    private Cleaner
        next = null,
        prev = null;

    private static synchronized Cleaner add(Cleaner cl) {
        if (first != null) {
            cl.next = first;
            first.prev = cl;
        }
        first = cl;
        return cl;
    }

    private static synchronized boolean remove(Cleaner cl) {

        // If already removed, do nothing
        if (cl.next == cl)
            return false;

        // Update list
        if (first == cl) {
            if (cl.next != null)
                first = cl.next;
            else
                first = cl.prev;
        }
        if (cl.next != null)
            cl.next.prev = cl.prev;
        if (cl.prev != null)
            cl.prev.next = cl.next;

        // Indicate removal by pointing the cleaner to itself
        cl.next = cl;
        cl.prev = cl;
        return true;

    }

    private final Runnable thunk;

    private Cleaner(Object referent, Runnable thunk) {
        super(referent, dummyQueue);
        this.thunk = thunk;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new cleaner.
     *
     * @param  ob the referent object to be cleaned
     * @param  thunk
     *         The cleanup code to be run when the cleaner is invoked.  The
     *         cleanup code is run directly from the reference-handler thread,
     *         so it should be as simple and straightforward as possible.
     *
     * @return  The new cleaner
     */
    public static Cleaner create(Object ob, Runnable thunk) {
        if (thunk == null)
            return null;
        return add(new Cleaner(ob, thunk));
    }

    /**
     * Runs this cleaner, if it has not been run before.
     */
    public void clean() {
        if (!remove(this))
            return;
        try {
            thunk.run();
        } catch (final Throwable x) {
            if (System.err != null) {
                new Error("Cleaner terminated abnormally", x)
                        .printStackTrace();
            }
            System.exit(1);
        }
    }
}