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package org.apache.commons.io;

import java.io.File;
import java.lang.ref.PhantomReference;
import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Vector;

/**
 * Keeps track of files awaiting deletion, and deletes them when an associated
 * marker object is reclaimed by the garbage collector.
 *
 * @author Noel Bergman
 * @author Martin Cooper
 *
 * @version $Id: FileCleaner.java,v 1.1 2004/03/18 06:04:14 martinc Exp $
 */
public class FileCleaner {

    /**
     * Queue of Tracker instances being watched.
     */
    private static ReferenceQueue /* Tracker */ q = new ReferenceQueue();

    /**
     * Collection of Tracker instances in existence.
     */
    private static Collection /* Tracker */ trackers = new Vector();

    /**
     * The thread that will clean up registered files.
     */
    private static Thread reaper = new Thread("File Reaper") {

        /**
         * Run the reaper thread that will delete files as their associated
         * marker objects are reclaimed by the garbage collector.
         */
        public void run() {
            for (;;) {
                Tracker tracker = null;
                try {
                    // Wait for a tracker to remove.
                    tracker = (Tracker) q.remove();
                } catch(Exception _) {
                    continue;
                }

                tracker.delete();
                tracker.clear();
                trackers.remove(tracker);
            }
        }
    };

    /**
     * The static initializer that starts the reaper thread.
     */
    static {
        reaper.setPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY);
        reaper.setDaemon(true);
        reaper.start();
    }

    /**
     * Track the specified file, using the provided marker, deleting the file
     * when the marker instance is garbage collected.
     *
     * @param file   The file to be tracked.
     * @param marker The marker object used to track the file.
     */
    public static void track(File file, Object marker) {
        trackers.add(new Tracker(file, marker, q));
    }

    /**
     * Track the specified file, using the provided marker, deleting the file
     * when the marker instance is garbage collected.
     *
     * @param path   The full path to the file to be tracked.
     * @param marker The marker object used to track the file.
     */
    public static void track(String path, Object marker) {
        trackers.add(new Tracker(path, marker, q));
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve the number of files currently being tracked, and therefore
     * awaiting deletion.
     *
     * @return the number of files being tracked.
     */
    public static int getTrackCount() {
        return trackers.size();
    }

    /**
     * Inner class which acts as the reference for a file pending deletion.
     */
    private static class Tracker extends PhantomReference {

        /**
         * The full path to the file being tracked.
         */
        private String path;

        /**
         * Constructs an instance of this class from the supplied parameters.
         *
         * @param file   The file to be tracked.
         * @param marker The marker object used to track the file.
         * @param q      The queue on to which the tracker will be pushed.
         */
        public Tracker(File file, Object marker, ReferenceQueue q) {
            this(file.getPath(), marker, q);
        }

        /**
         * Constructs an instance of this class from the supplied parameters.
         *
         * @param path   The full path to the file to be tracked.
         * @param marker The marker object used to track the file.
         * @param q      The queue on to which the tracker will be pushed.
         */
        public Tracker(String path, Object marker, ReferenceQueue q) {
            super(marker, q);
            this.path = path;
        }

        /**
         * Deletes the file associated with this tracker instance.
         *
         * @return true if the file was deleted successfully;
         *         false otherwise.
         */
        public boolean delete() {
            return new File(path).delete();
        }
    }
}