public interface Disposable
Disposable
is an object data that can be disposed once it is not needed anymore.
Similar to Closeable.close()
this method is invoked to release resources
that the object is holding but there is an important difference. After a Closeable
is closed it can typically be reused. For example, a file can be read later after it is
closed. However, dispose
indicated that the resource would never be used again; so,
if there is a file associated with the object the file could be deleted or overwritten as
needed by other tasks.Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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void |
dispose()
Dispose the resources held by this object.
|
void dispose()
Closeable.close()
or some other
method will be more appropriate.Copyright © 2010-2016 Stardog Union. All Rights Reserved.