Hướng dẫn và ví dụ Java WeakReference

package org.o7planning.beans;

public class AnyObject {
    private String val;
    public AnyObject(String val) {
        this.val = val;
    }
    public String getVal() {
        return this.val;
    }
}

AnyObject innerObject = new AnyObject("Obj1");

WeakReference weakRef = new WeakReference(innerObject);

package org.o7planning.weakreference.ex;

import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;

import org.o7planning.beans.AnyObject;

public class WeakReference_obj_ex1 {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
        // Create innerObject reference points to AnyObject("Obj1").
        AnyObject innerObject = new AnyObject("Obj1");
        // Create WeakReference object using innerObject reference.
        WeakReference<AnyObject> weakRef = new WeakReference<AnyObject>(innerObject);
        
        System.out.println("weakRef.get(): " + weakRef.get());
        
        // Set innerObject reference to null (Points to null).
        innerObject = null;

        System.out.println("\nCall System.gc().\n");
        System.gc();
        Thread.sleep(3000);
        
        System.out.println("weakRef.get(): " + weakRef.get());
    }
}

package org.o7planning.weakreference.ex;

import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;

import org.o7planning.beans.AnyObject;

public class WeakReference_obj_ex2 {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
         // Create innerObject reference points to AnyObject("Obj1").
        AnyObject innerObject = new AnyObject("Obj1");
        // Create WeakReference object using innerObject reference.
        WeakReference<AnyObject> weakRef = new WeakReference<AnyObject>(innerObject);
        
        System.out.println("weakRef.get(): " + weakRef.get());

        int i = 0;
        while(true)  {
            AnyObject innerObj = weakRef.get();
            if(innerObj == null)  {
                System.out.println("Inner object is removed by Garbage Collector");
                System.out.println("weakRef.get(): " + innerObj);
                break;
            }
            i++;
            System.out.println(i+ " weakRef.get(): " + innerObj);
        }
    }
}

WeakReference(T referent)

WeakReference(T referent, ReferenceQueue<? super T> q)

// Methods inherited from parent.
public T get()  
public void clear()  
public boolean isEnqueued()  
public boolean enqueue()

Integer innerObj1 = 1000;
Double innerObj2 = 2000.2;
String innerObj3 = "SomeString";

package org.o7planning.weakreference.ex;

import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;

public class WeakReference_primitive_ex1 {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
        Integer innerObj1 = 100;
        String  innerObj2 = "SomeString";
        
        WeakReference<Integer> weakRef1 = new WeakReference<Integer>(innerObj1);
        WeakReference<String> weakRef2 = new WeakReference<String>(innerObj2);
        
        System.out.println("weakRef1.get(): "  + weakRef1.get());
        System.out.println("weakRef2.get(): "  + weakRef2.get());
        
        // Points to null.
        innerObj1 = null;
        innerObj2 = null;
        
        System.out.println("\n--- Call System.gc(): ---\n");
        // Call GC:
         System.gc();
        Thread.sleep(3000);
        
        
        System.out.println("weakRef1.get(): "  + weakRef1.get());
        System.out.println("weakRef2.get(): "  + weakRef2.get());
    }
}

AnyObject innerObj1 = new AnyObject("Obj1");
String innerObj2 = new String("Obj2");
Integer innerObj3 = new Integer(1000);
String innerObj4 = new String("Obj4");

WeakReference<AnyObject> weakRef = new WeakReference<AnyObject>(innerObj1);

WeakReference(T innerObject, ReferenceQueue<? super T> queue)

package org.o7planning.weakreference.ex;

import java.lang.ref.Reference;
import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;

import org.o7planning.beans.AnyObject;

public class WeakReference_c2_ex1 {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {

        AnyObject myAnyObject1 = new AnyObject("Obj1");
        AnyObject myAnyObject2 = new AnyObject("Obj2");

        ReferenceQueue<AnyObject> queue = new ReferenceQueue<AnyObject>();
        //
        WeakReference<AnyObject> weakRef1 = new WeakReference<AnyObject>(myAnyObject1, queue);
        WeakReference<AnyObject> weakRef2 = new WeakReference<AnyObject>(myAnyObject2, queue);

        System.out.println("weakRef1: " + weakRef1);
        System.out.println("weakRef2: " + weakRef2);
        System.out.println("weakRef1.get(): " + weakRef1.get());
        System.out.println("weakRef2.get(): " + weakRef2.get());

        // Set myAnyObject1 reference to null (Points to null).
        myAnyObject1 = null;

        System.out.println("\nCall System.gc().\n");
        System.gc();
        Thread.sleep(3000);

        // myAnyObject2 is still used.
        System.out.println("myAnyObject2: " + myAnyObject2);

        System.out.println("weakRef1.get(): " + weakRef1.get());
        System.out.println("weakRef2.get(): " + weakRef2.get());

        Reference<? extends AnyObject> removed = null;
        while ((removed = queue.poll()) != null) {
            System.out.println("removed: " + removed);
        }
    }
}

package org.o7planning.weakreference.ex;

import java.lang.ref.Reference;
import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

public class WeakReference_ex1 {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
        Employee tom = new Employee("Tom");
        Employee jerry = new Employee("Jerry");
        Employee donald = new Employee("Donald");

        Employee[] employees = new Employee[] { tom, jerry, donald };

        Company company = new Company();

        ReferenceQueue<Employee> queue = new ReferenceQueue<>();
        List<WeakReference<Employee>> empListWeak = new ArrayList<WeakReference<Employee>>();

        for (int i = 0; i < employees.length; i++) {
            company.addEmployee(employees[i]);

            empListWeak.add(new WeakReference<Employee>(employees[i], queue));
        }
        // Free up the array.
        employees = null;

        System.out.println("Queue's polling returns null? " + (queue.poll() == null));

        for (WeakReference<Employee> wref : empListWeak) {
            System.out.println("wref.get().getFullName(): " + wref.get().getFullName());
        }

        //
        System.out.println("\n--- Remove some employees from company: ---\n");
        company.removeEmployee(tom);
        company.removeEmployee(jerry);
        tom = null;
        jerry = null;
        donald = null; // 'donald' is still used in company.

        System.gc();
        Thread.sleep(3000);

        Reference<? extends Employee> wref = null;
        System.out.println("Poll weak emp references garbage collected");
        while ((wref = queue.poll()) != null) {
            System.out.println("WeakReference of Emp removed from queue: " + wref);

        }
        System.out.println("done");
    }
}

class Employee {
   private String fullName;
   public Employee(String fullName)  {
       this.fullName = fullName;
   }
   public String getFullName()  {
       return this.fullName;
   }
}


class Company {
    private Set<Employee> employees = new HashSet<Employee>();

    public void addEmployee(Employee employee) {
        this.employees.add(employee);
    }

    public void removeEmployee(Employee employee) {
        employees.remove(employee);
    }
}