AbstractReferenceCountedByteBuf Class — netty Architecture

Source Code

buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/AbstractReferenceCountedByteBuf.java lines 24–102

public abstract class AbstractReferenceCountedByteBuf extends AbstractByteBuf {

    // this is setting the ref cnt to the initial value
    private final RefCnt refCnt = new RefCnt();

    protected AbstractReferenceCountedByteBuf(int maxCapacity) {
        super(maxCapacity);
    }

    @Override
    boolean isAccessible() {
        // Try to do non-volatile read for performance as the ensureAccessible() is racy anyway and only provide
        // a best-effort guard.
        return RefCnt.isLiveNonVolatile(refCnt);
    }

    @Override
    public int refCnt() {
        return RefCnt.refCnt(refCnt);
    }

    /**
     * An unsafe operation intended for use by a subclass that sets the reference count of the buffer directly
     */
    protected final void setRefCnt(int count) {
        RefCnt.setRefCnt(refCnt, count);
    }

    /**
     * An unsafe operation intended for use by a subclass that resets the reference count of the buffer to 1
     */
    protected final void resetRefCnt() {
        RefCnt.resetRefCnt(refCnt);
    }

    @Override
    public ByteBuf retain() {
        RefCnt.retain(refCnt);
        return this;
    }

    @Override
    public ByteBuf retain(int increment) {
        RefCnt.retain(refCnt, increment);
        return this;
    }

    @Override
    public ByteBuf touch() {
        return this;
    }

    @Override
    public ByteBuf touch(Object hint) {
        return this;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean release() {
        return handleRelease(RefCnt.release(refCnt));
    }

    @Override
    public boolean release(int decrement) {
        return handleRelease(RefCnt.release(refCnt, decrement));
    }

    private boolean handleRelease(boolean result) {
        if (result) {
            deallocate();
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Called once {@link #refCnt()} is equals 0.
     */
    protected abstract void deallocate();
}