Derek A. Park
ABSTRACT
Although Java automates the deallocation of memory through garbage collection, a Java program must explicitly free other resources, such as sockets and database connections, to prevent resource leaks. Correct and complete resource deallocation may be complex, requiring nested try-catch-finally blocks. The Framework for Unified Resource Management (Furm) is a Java library designed with the goal of simplifying resource management in single- and multi-threaded programs. Allocated resources are represented by bodes in "resource trees" and resource dependencies are modeled as parent-child relationships. A hierarchy of resources is easily and correctly deallocated by a single call of Furm's release method. Resource trees permit "resource reflection" in which a program monitors its own resource usage. A special WatchDog object detects when a thread dies and takes care of releasing its resources. Furm reduces code complexity while guaranteeing resource cleanup in the face of exceptions and thread termination.
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- A framework for unified resource management in Java
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