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package com.facebook.jni;
import java.lang.ref.PhantomReference;
import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
/**
* A thread which invokes the "destruct" routine for objects after they have been garbage collected.
*
*
An object which needs to be destructed should create a static subclass of {@link Destructor}.
* Once the referent object is garbage collected, the DestructorThread will callback to the {@link
* Destructor#destruct()} method.
*
*
The underlying thread in DestructorThread starts when the first Destructor is constructed and
* then runs indefinitely.
*/
public class DestructorThread {
/**
* N.B The Destructor SHOULD NOT refer back to its referent object either explicitly or
* implicitly (for example, as a non-static inner class). This will create a reference cycle where
* the referent object will never be garbage collected.
*/
public abstract static class Destructor extends PhantomReference