Review Request JDK-8175797: (ref) Reference::enqueue method should clear referent before enqueuing
Kim Barrett
kim.barrett at oracle.com
Tue Mar 7 23:31:48 UTC 2017
> On Mar 7, 2017, at 10:35 AM, Mandy Chung <mandy.chung at oracle.com> wrote:
>
> This proposes to update Reference::enqueue method to clear this reference
> object before enqueuing it to the registered queue consistent with what
> the garbage collector does that clears the reference object before putting
> it in the pending queue for enqueuing. It has been a common pattern that
> Reference::clear is called before or after enqueuing. I consider this
> a follow-up to JDK-8071507 that soft, weak, phantom references are
> automatically cleared references when implicitly or explicitly enqueued.
>
> Webrev at:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mchung/jdk9/webrevs/8175797/webrev.00/index.html
>
> Thanks
> Mandy
looks good.
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