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/*
* This class is used so that a java.awt.Font does not directly
* reference a Font2D object. This introduces occasional minor
* de-referencing overhead but increases robustness of the
* implementation when "bad fonts" are encountered.
* A handle is created by a Font2D constructor and references
* the Font2D itself. In the event that the Font2D implementation
* determines it the font resource has errors (a bad font file)
* it makes its handle point at another "stable" Font2D.
* Once all referers no longer have a reference to the Font2D it
* may be GC'd and its resources freed.
* This does not immediately help in the case that objects are
* already using a bad Font2D (ie have already dereferenced the
* handle) so there is a window for more problems. However this
* is already the case as this is the code which must detect the
* problem.
* However there is also the possibility of intercepting problems
* even when a font2D reference is already directly held. Certain
* validation points may check that font2Dhandle.font2D == font2D
* If this is not true, then this font2D is not valid. Arguably
* this check also just needs to be a de-referencing assignment :
* font2D = font2DHandle.font2D.
* The net effect of these steps is that very soon after a font
* is identified as bad, that references and uses of it will be
* eliminated.
* In the initial implementation a Font2DHandle is what is held by
* - java.awt.Font
* - FontManager.initialisedFonts map
* Font2D is held by
* - FontFamily objects
* - FontManager.registeredFonts map
* - FontInfo object on a SunGraphics2D
*
* On discovering a bad font, all but the latter remove references to
* the font. See FontManager.deRegisterBadFont(Font2D)
*/
public final class Font2DHandle {
}
}