// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements. // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license. // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information. /*============================================================ ** ** ** Purpose: A wrapper for establishing a WeakReference to a generic type. ** ===========================================================*/ using System; using System.Runtime.Serialization; using System.Security; using System.Runtime; using System.Runtime.CompilerServices; using System.Runtime.Versioning; using System.Diagnostics.Contracts; namespace System { [Serializable] // This class is sealed to mitigate security issues caused by Object::MemberwiseClone. public sealed class WeakReference : ISerializable where T : class { // If you fix bugs here, please fix them in WeakReference at the same time. // This field is not a regular GC handle. It can have a special values that are used to prevent a race condition between setting the target and finalization. internal IntPtr m_handle; // Creates a new WeakReference that keeps track of target. // Assumes a Short Weak Reference (ie TrackResurrection is false.) // public WeakReference(T target) : this(target, false) { } //Creates a new WeakReference that keeps track of target. // public WeakReference(T target, bool trackResurrection) { Create(target, trackResurrection); } internal WeakReference(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) { if (info == null) { throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(info)); } Contract.EndContractBlock(); T target = (T)info.GetValue("TrackedObject", typeof(T)); bool trackResurrection = info.GetBoolean("TrackResurrection"); Create(target, trackResurrection); } // // We are exposing TryGetTarget instead of a simple getter to avoid a common problem where people write incorrect code like: // // WeakReference ref = ...; // if (ref.Target != null) // DoSomething(ref.Target) // [MethodImplAttribute(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)] public bool TryGetTarget(out T target) { // Call the worker method that has more performant but less user friendly signature. T o = this.Target; target = o; return o != null; } public void SetTarget(T target) { this.Target = target; } // This is property for better debugging experience (VS debugger shows values of properties when you hover over the variables) private extern T Target { [MethodImplAttribute(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)] get; [MethodImplAttribute(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)] set; } // Free all system resources associated with this reference. // // Note: The WeakReference finalizer is not usually run, but // treated specially in gc.cpp's ScanForFinalization // This is needed for subclasses deriving from WeakReference, however. // Additionally, there may be some cases during shutdown when we run this finalizer. [MethodImplAttribute(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)] extern ~WeakReference(); public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) { if (info == null) { throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(info)); } Contract.EndContractBlock(); info.AddValue("TrackedObject", this.Target, typeof(T)); info.AddValue("TrackResurrection", IsTrackResurrection()); } [MethodImplAttribute(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)] private extern void Create(T target, bool trackResurrection); [MethodImplAttribute(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)] private extern bool IsTrackResurrection(); } }