org.jruby.cext
Class GC

java.lang.Object
  org.jruby.cext.GC

public class GC
extends java.lang.Object

The cext GC keeps track of native handles and associates them with their corresponding Java objects to avoid garbage-collection while either is in use. It will remove unused references when a thread exits native code or the VM runs out of memory.

Constructor Summary

GC()

Method Summary

static void	mark(IRubyObject obj) This is an upcall from the C++ stub to mark objects that are only strongly reachable from a C VALUE instance.
static void	trigger()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GC

public GC()

Method Detail

mark

public static final void mark(IRubyObject obj)

This is an upcall from the C++ stub to mark objects that are only strongly reachable from a C VALUE instance.

Parameters:

obj - The object to mark

trigger

public static final void trigger()