Re: [java-gnome-hackers] java-gnome memory management issues

[Andrew C. <an...@op...>]

On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 21:18 +1000, Vreixo Formoso wrote:
> However, when the Entity is garbage collected, the release() method is
> never called.

So, immediately, the problem is that someone (ahem) forgot to put a
finalize() placeholder in Entity. That's easily fixed.

> ...
> Obviously, if release() is defined in Proxy, a better design would be
> having this piece of code there.

> I think, however, that the code
> 
> 	if (owner) {
>             release();
>             owner = false;
>         }
>         super.finalize();

THAT can go into Proxy's finalize() placeholder [or rather, Pointer's].
Let's leave the actual release() method abstract there.

AfC
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