A weak reference is used to determine when an object is no longer being referenced. : SoftReference « Collections Data Structure « Java






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A weak reference is used to determine when an object is no longer being referenced.

  

import java.lang.ref.Reference;
import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    ReferenceQueue rq = new ReferenceQueue();
    WeakReference<String> wr = new WeakReference<String>("string", rq);

    while (true) {
      Reference r = rq.remove();
      if (r == wr) {
        System.out.println("no longer referenced");
      }
    }
  }
}








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