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In order to make it possible to have weak references to objects,
the Concept of weak referencing:
This module specifies the interfaces for implementing and using weak references.
The sense of weak references is to hold a reference to an object without affecting the lifetime of the object. That means that a weak reference may become invalid, at any time, if the referenced object dies.
The following interfaces describe one way to handle weak references by providing a weak adapter. The weak object has to provide this adapter if anyone wants to hold a weak reference. To separate their lifetimes, the adapter and the original object must not share the same reference counter. The weak reference is in fact only a hard reference to the adapter, which knows - but does not hold - the original object. That means that the implementation and synchronization of weak referencing is the responsibility of the object. The following interfaces are involved in the concept of weak referencing:
It is important that the adapter must know, but not hold the adapted object. If the adapted object dies, all references to the adapter have to be notified to release the adapter.
*/ com::sun::star::uno::XAdapter queryAdapter(); }; //============================================================================= }; }; }; }; /*============================================================================= =============================================================================*/ #endif