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package sun.rmi.transport;
import java.lang.ref.*;
import sun.rmi.runtime.Log;
/**
 * WeakRef objects are used by the RMI runtime to hold potentially weak
 * references to exported remote objects in the local object table.
 *
 * This class extends the functionality of java.lang.ref.WeakReference in
 * several ways.  The methods pin() and unpin() can be used to set
 * whether the contained reference is strong or weak (it is weak upon
 * construction).  The hashCode() and equals() methods are overridden so
 * that WeakRef objects hash and compare to each other according to the
 * object identity of their referents.
 *
 * @author  Ann Wollrath
 * @author  Peter Jones
 */
class WeakRef extends WeakReference<Object> {
    /** value of the referent's "identity" hash code */
    private int hashValue;
    /** strong reference to the referent, for when this WeakRef is "pinned" */
    private Object strongRef = null;
    /**
     * Create a new WeakRef to the given object.
     */
    public WeakRef(Object obj) {
        super(obj);
        setHashValue(obj);      // cache object's "identity" hash code
    }
    /**
     * Create a new WeakRef to the given object, registered with a queue.
     */
    public WeakRef(Object obj, ReferenceQueue<Object> q) {
        super(obj, q);
        setHashValue(obj);      // cache object's "identity" hash code
    }
    /**
     * Pin the contained reference (make this a strong reference).
     */
    public synchronized void pin() {
        if (strongRef == null) {
            strongRef = get();
            if (DGCImpl.dgcLog.isLoggable(Log.VERBOSE)) {
                DGCImpl.dgcLog.log(Log.VERBOSE,
                                   "strongRef = " + strongRef);
            }
        }
    }
    /**
     * Unpin the contained reference (make this a weak reference).
     */
    public synchronized void unpin() {
        if (strongRef != null) {
            if (DGCImpl.dgcLog.isLoggable(Log.VERBOSE)) {
                DGCImpl.dgcLog.log(Log.VERBOSE,
                                   "strongRef = " + strongRef);
            }
            strongRef = null;
        }
    }
    /*
     * Cache referent's "identity" hash code (so that we still have the
     * value after the referent gets cleared).
     *
     * We cannot use the value from the object's hashCode() method, since
     * if the object is of a remote class not extended from RemoteObject
     * and it is trying to implement hashCode() and equals() so that it
     * can be compared to stub objects, its own hash code could not have
     * been initialized yet (see bugid 4102938).  Also, object table keys
     * based on server objects are indeed matched on object identity, so
     * this is the correct hash technique regardless.
     */
    private void setHashValue(Object obj) {
        if (obj != null) {
            hashValue = System.identityHashCode(obj);
        } else {
            hashValue = 0;
        }
    }
    /**
     * Always return the "identity" hash code of the original referent.
     */
    public int hashCode() {
        return hashValue;
    }
    /**
     * Return true if "obj" is this identical WeakRef object, or, if the
     * contained reference has not been cleared, if "obj" is another WeakRef
     * object with the identical non-null referent.  Otherwise, return false.
     */
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (obj instanceof WeakRef) {
            if (obj == this)
                return true;
            Object referent = get();
            return (referent != null) && (referent == ((WeakRef) obj).get());
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }
}
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