ReferenceCounted (Flink : Runtime 2.0.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.flink.runtime.asyncprocessing.ReferenceCounted<ReleaseHelper>

Direct Known Subclasses:

RecordContext
```
@Internal
@ThreadSafe
public abstract class ReferenceCounted<ReleaseHelper>
extends Object
```
An object that can be reference counted, the internal resource would be released when the reference count reaches zero. This class is designed to be high-performance, lock-free and thread-safe.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ReferenceCounted(int initReference)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getReferenceCount()`
`protected abstract void`	`referenceCountReachedZero(ReleaseHelper releaseHelper)`	A method called when the reference count reaches zero.
`int`	`release()`
`int`	`release(ReleaseHelper releaseHelper)`
`int`	`retain()`
`int`	`tryRetain()`	Try to retain this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ReferenceCounted

public ReferenceCounted(int initReference)

Method Detail

retain
```
public int retain()
```

tryRetain
```
public int tryRetain()
```
Try to retain this object. Fail if reference count is already zero.

Returns:

zero if failed, otherwise current reference count.

release
```
public int release()
```

release

public int release(@Nullable
                   ReleaseHelper releaseHelper)

getReferenceCount
```
public int getReferenceCount()
```

referenceCountReachedZero

protected abstract void referenceCountReachedZero(@Nullable
                                                  ReleaseHelper releaseHelper)

A method called when the reference count reaches zero.