Re: [xmlvm-users] weak references

[Arno P. <ar...@pu...>]

>>> Java is supposed to have weak references, isn't it?
>>> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/ref/WeakReference.html
>>> So if you expose them to Java as the spec describes, it should just
>>> be a good thing and make even more Java code work with XMLVM.
>>>
>>> --tml
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> It seems that this was much easier than what I originally thought.
> In parallel I have created a mechanism to store variables of category objects (or any other object anyway), since by definition in a category you won't be able to store other variables.
> This is useful to clean up a bit with retained delegates that nobody releases them (and yes, I believe this code has less memory leaks than ever!)
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> Probably I should take down my old patch and release a new patch, with this improved memory management issues.
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> What others (i.e. the xmlvm team) think?

gimme, gimme!  :-)

These are two different things: support for weak references and allowing 
additional state information for categories. Both would be extremely useful!

Arno