com.dautelle.realtime
Interface Realtime

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

RealtimeNumber, RealtimeObject

public interface Realtime

extends java.io.Serializable

This interface identifies classes with higher performance and higher predictability when their methods are executed within a PoolContext.

Classes implementing this interface can be allocated on the stack and do not generate garbage.

Version:

6.0, February 15, 2004

Author:

Jean-Marie Dautelle

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	export() Exports this object out of the current pool context.
java.lang.Object	toHeap() Moves this object to the heap.

Method Detail

export

public java.lang.Object export()

Exports this object out of the current pool context. Realtime members are exported as well (recursion). This method affects only objects belonging to the current pool context. To avoid pool depletion, a "free" object from the outer pool is moved to replace the object being exported.

Returns:

this

toHeap

public java.lang.Object toHeap()

Moves this object to the heap. Realtime members are moved to the heap as well (recursion). This method affects only objects belonging to a pool context (current or not).

Returns:

this