/* * Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package io.atomix.utils.concurrent; /** * Reference counting interface. *
* Types that implement {@code ReferenceCounted} can be counted for references and thus used to clean up resources once
* a given instance of an object is no longer in use.
*
* @author Jordan Halterman
*/
public interface ReferenceCounted