FinalizableProcessor (Jikes RVM API)

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org.mmtk.vm
Class FinalizableProcessor

java.lang.Object
  org.mmtk.vm.FinalizableProcessor

Direct Known Subclasses:: FinalizableProcessor

public abstract class FinalizableProcessor
extends Object
extends Object

This class manages finalizable objects.

Constructor Summary
`FinalizableProcessor()`

Method Summary
`abstract void`	`clear()` Clear the contents of the table.
`abstract void`	`forward(TraceLocal trace, boolean nursery)` Iterate over and forward entries in the table.
`abstract void`	`scan(TraceLocal trace, boolean nursery)` Scan through the list of references.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

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FinalizableProcessor

public FinalizableProcessor()

Method Detail

clear

public abstract void clear()

Clear the contents of the table. This is called when finalization is disabled to make it easier for VMs to change this setting at runtime.

scan

public abstract void scan(TraceLocal trace,
                          boolean nursery)

Scan through the list of references.

Parameters:: trace - the thread local trace element.; nursery - true if it is safe to only scan new references.

forward

public abstract void forward(TraceLocal trace,
                             boolean nursery)

Iterate over and forward entries in the table.