/*
* 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.
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*/
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
*/
public interface AutoCloseable {
/**
* Closes the object and release any system resources it holds.
*/
void close() throws Exception;
}