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/*
* @test KeepAliveSoftReference
* @summary This test case uses a java.lang.ref.SoftReference referencing a class instance to keep a class alive.
* @library /testlibrary /testlibrary/whitebox /runtime/testlibrary
* @library classes
* @build KeepAliveSoftReference test.Empty
* @build ClassUnloadCommon
* @run main ClassFileInstaller sun.hotspot.WhiteBox
* @run main/othervm -Xbootclasspath/a:. -Xmn8m -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+WhiteBoxAPI KeepAliveSoftReference
*/
import java.lang.ref.SoftReference;
import sun.hotspot.WhiteBox;
/**
* Test that verifies that classes are not unloaded when specific types of references are kept to them.
*/
public class KeepAliveSoftReference {
private static final String className = "test.Empty";
private static final WhiteBox wb = WhiteBox.getWhiteBox();
public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
ClassLoader cl = ClassUnloadCommon.newClassLoader();
Class<?> c = cl.loadClass(className);
Object o = c.newInstance();
SoftReference<Object> sr = new SoftReference(o);
o = null; c = null; cl = null;
{
boolean isAlive = wb.isClassAlive(className);
System.out.println("testSoftReference (1) alive: " + isAlive);
boolean cleared = (sr.get() == null);
boolean shouldBeAlive = !cleared;
ClassUnloadCommon.failIf(isAlive != shouldBeAlive, "" + isAlive + " != " + shouldBeAlive);
}
ClassUnloadCommon.triggerUnloading();
{
boolean isAlive = wb.isClassAlive(className);
System.out.println("testSoftReference (2) alive: " + isAlive);
boolean cleared = (sr.get() == null);
boolean shouldBeAlive = !cleared;
ClassUnloadCommon.failIf(isAlive != shouldBeAlive, "" + isAlive + " != " + shouldBeAlive);
}
sr.clear();
ClassUnloadCommon.triggerUnloading();
{
boolean isAlive = wb.isClassAlive(className);
System.out.println("testSoftReference (3) alive: " + isAlive);
boolean cleared = (sr.get() == null);
boolean shouldBeAlive = !cleared;
ClassUnloadCommon.failIf(isAlive != shouldBeAlive, "" + isAlive + " != " + shouldBeAlive);
}
}
}