// polymorphism/ReferenceCounting.java // (c)2016 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt // We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose. // Visit http://OnJava8.com for more book information. // Cleaning up shared member objects class Shared { private int refcount = 0; private static long counter = 0; private final long id = counter++; public Shared() { System.out.println("Creating " + this); } public void addRef() { refcount++; } protected void dispose() { if(--refcount == 0) System.out.println("Disposing " + this); } @Override public String toString() { return "Shared " + id; } } class Composing { private Shared shared; private static long counter = 0; private final long id = counter++; public Composing(Shared shared) { System.out.println("Creating " + this); this.shared = shared; this.shared.addRef(); } protected void dispose() { System.out.println("disposing " + this); shared.dispose(); } @Override public String toString() { return "Composing " + id; } } public class ReferenceCounting { public static void main(String[] args) { Shared shared = new Shared(); Composing[] composing = { new Composing(shared), new Composing(shared), new Composing(shared), new Composing(shared), new Composing(shared) }; for(Composing c : composing) c.dispose(); } } /* Output: Creating Shared 0 Creating Composing 0 Creating Composing 1 Creating Composing 2 Creating Composing 3 Creating Composing 4 disposing Composing 0 disposing Composing 1 disposing Composing 2 disposing Composing 3 disposing Composing 4 Disposing Shared 0 */