| /* |
| * Copyright 2018 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved. |
| * |
| * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license |
| * that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source |
| * tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found |
| * in the file PATENTS. All contributing project authors may |
| * be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree. |
| */ |
| |
| package org.webrtc; |
| |
| /** |
| * Interface for ref counted objects in WebRTC. These objects have significant resources that need |
| * to be freed when they are no longer in use. Each objects starts with ref count of one when |
| * created. If a reference is passed as a parameter to a method, the caller has ownesrship of the |
| * object by default - calling release is not necessary unless retain is called. |
| */ |
| public interface RefCounted { |
| /** Increases ref count by one. */ |
| void retain(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Decreases ref count by one. When the ref count reaches zero, resources related to the object |
| * will be freed. |
| */ |
| void release(); |
| } |
