Class SoftReference

java.lang.Object

java.lang.ref.Reference

java.lang.ref.SoftReference

public class SoftReference
extends Reference

A reference the collector keeps while the referent is being used and memory allows, and clears before the process runs out.

This directory is the SUPPORTED API SURFACE, not an implementation: maven/java-runtime compiles it and BytecodeComplianceMojo indexes the result as the set of types an application is allowed to touch. A class implemented in vm/JavaAPI but missing here is therefore invisible to user code -- javac resolves it against the host JDK and the compliance check then rejects it as forbidden API, which is a confusing way to learn a feature was never exported. The bodies are deliberately inert for the same reason the neighbouring stubs are.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SoftReference(Object ref)	Creates a new soft reference that refers to the given object.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class Reference

clear, get

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

SoftReference

public SoftReference(Object ref)

Creates a new soft reference that refers to the given object.