| /* |
| * Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| |
| package java.lang; |
| |
| /** |
| * Defines an interface for classes that can (or need to) be closed once they |
| * are not used any longer. Calling the {@code close} method releases resources |
| * that the object holds. |
| * |
| * <p>A common pattern for using an {@code AutoCloseable} resource: <pre> {@code |
| * Closable foo = new Foo(); |
| * try { |
| * ...; |
| * } finally { |
| * foo.close(); |
| * } |
| * }</pre> |
| * |
| * @since 1.7 |
| * @hide 1.7 |
| */ |
| public interface AutoCloseable { |
| |
| /** |
| * Closes the object and release any system resources it holds. |
| * |
| * <p>Unless the implementing class specifies otherwise, it is an error to |
| * call {@link #close} more than once. |
| */ |
| void close() throws Exception; |
| } |