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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under 012 * the License. 013 */ 014 015package com.google.common.base; 016 017import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible; 018import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting; 019import java.io.Closeable; 020import java.io.FileNotFoundException; 021import java.io.IOException; 022import java.lang.ref.PhantomReference; 023import java.lang.ref.Reference; 024import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue; 025import java.lang.reflect.Method; 026import java.net.URL; 027import java.net.URLClassLoader; 028import java.util.logging.Level; 029import java.util.logging.Logger; 030import javax.annotation.Nullable; 031 032/** 033 * A reference queue with an associated background thread that dequeues references and invokes 034 * {@link FinalizableReference#finalizeReferent()} on them. 035 * 036 * <p>Keep a strong reference to this object until all of the associated referents have been 037 * finalized. If this object is garbage collected earlier, the backing thread will not invoke {@code 038 * finalizeReferent()} on the remaining references. 039 * 040 * <p>As an example of how this is used, imagine you have a class {@code MyServer} that creates a a 041 * {@link java.net.ServerSocket ServerSocket}, and you would like to ensure that the 042 * {@code ServerSocket} is closed even if the {@code MyServer} object is garbage-collected without 043 * calling its {@code close} method. You <em>could</em> use a finalizer to accomplish this, but that 044 * has a number of well-known problems. Here is how you might use this class instead: 045 * 046 * <pre> {@code 047 * public class MyServer implements Closeable { 048 * private static final FinalizableReferenceQueue frq = new FinalizableReferenceQueue(); 049 * // You might also share this between several objects. 050 * 051 * private static final Set<Reference<?>> references = Sets.newConcurrentHashSet(); 052 * // This ensures that the FinalizablePhantomReference itself is not garbage-collected. 053 * 054 * private final ServerSocket serverSocket; 055 * 056 * private MyServer(...) { 057 * ... 058 * this.serverSocket = new ServerSocket(...); 059 * ... 060 * } 061 * 062 * public static MyServer create(...) { 063 * MyServer myServer = new MyServer(...); 064 * final ServerSocket serverSocket = myServer.serverSocket; 065 * Reference<?> reference = new FinalizablePhantomReference<MyServer>(myServer, frq) { 066 * public void finalizeReferent() { 067 * references.remove(this): 068 * if (!serverSocket.isClosed()) { 069 * ...log a message about how nobody called close()... 070 * try { 071 * serverSocket.close(); 072 * } catch (IOException e) { 073 * ... 074 * } 075 * } 076 * } 077 * }; 078 * references.add(reference); 079 * return myServer; 080 * } 081 * 082 * public void close() { 083 * serverSocket.close(); 084 * } 085 * }}</pre> 086 * 087 * @author Bob Lee 088 * @since 2.0 089 */ 090@GwtIncompatible 091public class FinalizableReferenceQueue implements Closeable { 092 /* 093 * The Finalizer thread keeps a phantom reference to this object. When the client (for example, a 094 * map built by MapMaker) no longer has a strong reference to this object, the garbage collector 095 * will reclaim it and enqueue the phantom reference. The enqueued reference will trigger the 096 * Finalizer to stop. 097 * 098 * If this library is loaded in the system class loader, FinalizableReferenceQueue can load 099 * Finalizer directly with no problems. 100 * 101 * If this library is loaded in an application class loader, it's important that Finalizer not 102 * have a strong reference back to the class loader. Otherwise, you could have a graph like this: 103 * 104 * Finalizer Thread runs instance of -> Finalizer.class loaded by -> Application class loader 105 * which loaded -> ReferenceMap.class which has a static -> FinalizableReferenceQueue instance 106 * 107 * Even if no other references to classes from the application class loader remain, the Finalizer 108 * thread keeps an indirect strong reference to the queue in ReferenceMap, which keeps the 109 * Finalizer running, and as a result, the application class loader can never be reclaimed. 110 * 111 * This means that dynamically loaded web applications and OSGi bundles can't be unloaded. 112 * 113 * If the library is loaded in an application class loader, we try to break the cycle by loading 114 * Finalizer in its own independent class loader: 115 * 116 * System class loader -> Application class loader -> ReferenceMap -> FinalizableReferenceQueue -> 117 * etc. -> Decoupled class loader -> Finalizer 118 * 119 * Now, Finalizer no longer keeps an indirect strong reference to the static 120 * FinalizableReferenceQueue field in ReferenceMap. The application class loader can be reclaimed 121 * at which point the Finalizer thread will stop and its decoupled class loader can also be 122 * reclaimed. 123 * 124 * If any of this fails along the way, we fall back to loading Finalizer directly in the 125 * application class loader. 126 */ 127 128 private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(FinalizableReferenceQueue.class.getName()); 129 130 private static final String FINALIZER_CLASS_NAME = "com.google.common.base.internal.Finalizer"; 131 132 /** Reference to Finalizer.startFinalizer(). */ 133 private static final Method startFinalizer; 134 135 static { 136 Class<?> finalizer = 137 loadFinalizer(new SystemLoader(), new DecoupledLoader(), new DirectLoader()); 138 startFinalizer = getStartFinalizer(finalizer); 139 } 140 141 /** 142 * The actual reference queue that our background thread will poll. 143 */ 144 final ReferenceQueue<Object> queue; 145 146 final PhantomReference<Object> frqRef; 147 148 /** 149 * Whether or not the background thread started successfully. 150 */ 151 final boolean threadStarted; 152 153 /** 154 * Constructs a new queue. 155 */ 156 public FinalizableReferenceQueue() { 157 // We could start the finalizer lazily, but I'd rather it blow up early. 158 queue = new ReferenceQueue<>(); 159 frqRef = new PhantomReference<Object>(this, queue); 160 boolean threadStarted = false; 161 try { 162 startFinalizer.invoke(null, FinalizableReference.class, queue, frqRef); 163 threadStarted = true; 164 } catch (IllegalAccessException impossible) { 165 throw new AssertionError(impossible); // startFinalizer() is public 166 } catch (Throwable t) { 167 logger.log( 168 Level.INFO, 169 "Failed to start reference finalizer thread." 170 + " Reference cleanup will only occur when new references are created.", 171 t); 172 } 173 174 this.threadStarted = threadStarted; 175 } 176 177 @Override 178 public void close() { 179 frqRef.enqueue(); 180 cleanUp(); 181 } 182 183 /** 184 * Repeatedly dequeues references from the queue and invokes 185 * {@link FinalizableReference#finalizeReferent()} on them until the queue is empty. This method 186 * is a no-op if the background thread was created successfully. 187 */ 188 void cleanUp() { 189 if (threadStarted) { 190 return; 191 } 192 193 Reference<?> reference; 194 while ((reference = queue.poll()) != null) { 195 /* 196 * This is for the benefit of phantom references. Weak and soft references will have already 197 * been cleared by this point. 198 */ 199 reference.clear(); 200 try { 201 ((FinalizableReference) reference).finalizeReferent(); 202 } catch (Throwable t) { 203 logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Error cleaning up after reference.", t); 204 } 205 } 206 } 207 208 /** 209 * Iterates through the given loaders until it finds one that can load Finalizer. 210 * 211 * @return Finalizer.class 212 */ 213 private static Class<?> loadFinalizer(FinalizerLoader... loaders) { 214 for (FinalizerLoader loader : loaders) { 215 Class<?> finalizer = loader.loadFinalizer(); 216 if (finalizer != null) { 217 return finalizer; 218 } 219 } 220 221 throw new AssertionError(); 222 } 223 224 /** 225 * Loads Finalizer.class. 226 */ 227 interface FinalizerLoader { 228 229 /** 230 * Returns Finalizer.class or null if this loader shouldn't or can't load it. 231 * 232 * @throws SecurityException if we don't have the appropriate privileges 233 */ 234 @Nullable 235 Class<?> loadFinalizer(); 236 } 237 238 /** 239 * Tries to load Finalizer from the system class loader. If Finalizer is in the system class path, 240 * we needn't create a separate loader. 241 */ 242 static class SystemLoader implements FinalizerLoader { 243 // This is used by the ClassLoader-leak test in FinalizableReferenceQueueTest to disable 244 // finding Finalizer on the system class path even if it is there. 245 @VisibleForTesting static boolean disabled; 246 247 @Nullable 248 @Override 249 public Class<?> loadFinalizer() { 250 if (disabled) { 251 return null; 252 } 253 ClassLoader systemLoader; 254 try { 255 systemLoader = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(); 256 } catch (SecurityException e) { 257 logger.info("Not allowed to access system class loader."); 258 return null; 259 } 260 if (systemLoader != null) { 261 try { 262 return systemLoader.loadClass(FINALIZER_CLASS_NAME); 263 } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { 264 // Ignore. Finalizer is simply in a child class loader. 265 return null; 266 } 267 } else { 268 return null; 269 } 270 } 271 } 272 273 /** 274 * Try to load Finalizer in its own class loader. If Finalizer's thread had a direct reference to 275 * our class loader (which could be that of a dynamically loaded web application or OSGi bundle), 276 * it would prevent our class loader from getting garbage collected. 277 */ 278 static class DecoupledLoader implements FinalizerLoader { 279 private static final String LOADING_ERROR = 280 "Could not load Finalizer in its own class loader. Loading Finalizer in the current class " 281 + "loader instead. As a result, you will not be able to garbage collect this class " 282 + "loader. To support reclaiming this class loader, either resolve the underlying " 283 + "issue, or move Guava to your system class path."; 284 285 @Nullable 286 @Override 287 public Class<?> loadFinalizer() { 288 try { 289 /* 290 * We use URLClassLoader because it's the only concrete class loader implementation in the 291 * JDK. If we used our own ClassLoader subclass, Finalizer would indirectly reference this 292 * class loader: 293 * 294 * Finalizer.class -> CustomClassLoader -> CustomClassLoader.class -> This class loader 295 * 296 * System class loader will (and must) be the parent. 297 */ 298 ClassLoader finalizerLoader = newLoader(getBaseUrl()); 299 return finalizerLoader.loadClass(FINALIZER_CLASS_NAME); 300 } catch (Exception e) { 301 logger.log(Level.WARNING, LOADING_ERROR, e); 302 return null; 303 } 304 } 305 306 /** 307 * Gets URL for base of path containing Finalizer.class. 308 */ 309 URL getBaseUrl() throws IOException { 310 // Find URL pointing to Finalizer.class file. 311 String finalizerPath = FINALIZER_CLASS_NAME.replace('.', '/') + ".class"; 312 URL finalizerUrl = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(finalizerPath); 313 if (finalizerUrl == null) { 314 throw new FileNotFoundException(finalizerPath); 315 } 316 317 // Find URL pointing to base of class path. 318 String urlString = finalizerUrl.toString(); 319 if (!urlString.endsWith(finalizerPath)) { 320 throw new IOException("Unsupported path style: " + urlString); 321 } 322 urlString = urlString.substring(0, urlString.length() - finalizerPath.length()); 323 return new URL(finalizerUrl, urlString); 324 } 325 326 /** Creates a class loader with the given base URL as its classpath. */ 327 URLClassLoader newLoader(URL base) { 328 // We use the bootstrap class loader as the parent because Finalizer by design uses 329 // only standard Java classes. That also means that FinalizableReferenceQueueTest 330 // doesn't pick up the wrong version of the Finalizer class. 331 return new URLClassLoader(new URL[] {base}, null); 332 } 333 } 334 335 /** 336 * Loads Finalizer directly using the current class loader. We won't be able to garbage collect 337 * this class loader, but at least the world doesn't end. 338 */ 339 static class DirectLoader implements FinalizerLoader { 340 @Override 341 public Class<?> loadFinalizer() { 342 try { 343 return Class.forName(FINALIZER_CLASS_NAME); 344 } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { 345 throw new AssertionError(e); 346 } 347 } 348 } 349 350 /** 351 * Looks up Finalizer.startFinalizer(). 352 */ 353 static Method getStartFinalizer(Class<?> finalizer) { 354 try { 355 return finalizer.getMethod( 356 "startFinalizer", Class.class, ReferenceQueue.class, PhantomReference.class); 357 } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) { 358 throw new AssertionError(e); 359 } 360 } 361}