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package sun.tracing.dtrace;

import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
import java.security.Permission;
import java.util.HashSet;

class Activation {
    private SystemResource resource;
    private int referenceCount;

    Activation(String moduleName, DTraceProvider[] providers) {
        SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
        if (security != null) {
            Permission perm =
                new RuntimePermission("com.sun.tracing.dtrace.createProvider");
            security.checkPermission(perm);
        }
        referenceCount = providers.length;
        for (DTraceProvider p : providers) {
            p.setActivation(this);
        }
        resource = new SystemResource(
            this, JVM.activate(moduleName, providers));
    }

    void disposeProvider(DTraceProvider p) {
        if (--referenceCount == 0) {
            resource.dispose();
        }
    }
}

The native resource part of an Activation. This holds the native handle. If the user loses a reference to a set of Providers without disposing them, and GC determines the Activation is unreachable, then the next activation or flush call will automatically dispose the unreachable objects The SystemResource instances are creating during activation, and unattached during disposal. When created, they always have a strong reference to them via the resources static member. Explicit dispose calls will unregister the native resource and remove references to the SystemResource object. Absent an explicit dispose, when their associated Activation object becomes garbage, the SystemResource object will be enqueued on the reference queue and disposed at the next call to flush.
/** * The native resource part of an Activation. * * This holds the native handle. * * If the user loses a reference to a set of Providers without disposing them, * and GC determines the Activation is unreachable, then the next * activation or flush call will automatically dispose the unreachable objects * * The SystemResource instances are creating during activation, and * unattached during disposal. When created, they always have a * strong reference to them via the {@code resources} static member. Explicit * {@code dispose} calls will unregister the native resource and remove * references to the SystemResource object. Absent an explicit dispose, * when their associated Activation object becomes garbage, the SystemResource * object will be enqueued on the reference queue and disposed at the * next call to {@code flush}. */
class SystemResource extends WeakReference<Activation> { private long handle; private static ReferenceQueue<Activation> referenceQueue = referenceQueue = new ReferenceQueue<Activation>(); static HashSet<SystemResource> resources = new HashSet<SystemResource>(); SystemResource(Activation activation, long handle) { super(activation, referenceQueue); this.handle = handle; flush(); resources.add(this); } void dispose() { JVM.dispose(handle); resources.remove(this); handle = 0; } static void flush() { SystemResource resource = null; while ((resource = (SystemResource)referenceQueue.poll()) != null) { if (resource.handle != 0) { resource.dispose(); } } } }