001/*
002 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
005 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
006 *
007 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
008 *
009 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
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012 * the License.
013 */
014
015package com.google.common.base;
016
017import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
018
019/**
020 * Implemented by references that have code to run after garbage collection of their referents.
021 *
022 * @see FinalizableReferenceQueue
023 * @author Bob Lee
024 * @since 2.0
025 */
026@GwtIncompatible
027public interface FinalizableReference {
028  /**
029   * Invoked on a background thread after the referent has been garbage collected unless security
030   * restrictions prevented starting a background thread, in which case this method is invoked when
031   * new references are created.
032   */
033  void finalizeReferent();
034}