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1 // Copyright 2019 The Chromium Authors
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
4 
5 package org.chromium.base;
6 
7 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
8 
9 /** Utils for doing garbage collection tests. */
10 public class GarbageCollectionTestUtils {
11     /**
12      * Relying on just one single GC might make instrumentation tests flaky.
13      * Note that {@link #MAX_GC_ITERATIONS} * {@link #GC_SLEEP_TIME} should not be too large,
14      * since there are tests asserting objects NOT garbage collected.
15      */
16     private static final int MAX_GC_ITERATIONS = 3;
17 
18     private static final long GC_SLEEP_TIME = 10;
19 
20     /**
21      * Do garbage collection and see if an object is released.
22      * @param reference A {@link WeakReference} pointing to the object.
23      * @return Whether the object can be garbage-collected.
24      */
canBeGarbageCollected(WeakReference<?> reference)25     public static boolean canBeGarbageCollected(WeakReference<?> reference) {
26         // Robolectric tests, one iteration is enough.
27         final int iterations = MAX_GC_ITERATIONS;
28         final long sleepTime = GC_SLEEP_TIME;
29         Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
30         for (int i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
31             runtime.runFinalization();
32             runtime.gc();
33             if (reference.get() == null) return true;
34 
35             // Pause for a while and then go back around the loop to try again.
36             try {
37                 Thread.sleep(sleepTime);
38             } catch (InterruptedException e) {
39                 // Ignore any interrupts and just try again.
40             }
41         }
42 
43         return reference.get() == null;
44     }
45 }
46