RefCounted (Flink : 2.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

LookupCacheManager.RefCountedCache, RefCountedBufferingFileStream, RefCountedFile, RefCountedFileWithStream, RefCountedFSOutputStream
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@Internal
public interface RefCounted
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Interface to simply add reference counting functionality.

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  boolean release()
  Decreases the reference counter.
  
  void retain()
  Increases the reference counter.

- Method Detail
  - retain
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void retain()
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    Increases the reference counter.
  - release
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boolean release()
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    Decreases the reference counter.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the reference counter reached 0, false otherwise.