Docs: Note that a Surface acts like a weak reference (ca7f4217) · Commits · e / os / android_frameworks_base

core/java/android/view/Surface.java

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		/**
		* Handle onto a raw buffer that is being managed by the screen compositor.
		*
		* <p>A Surface is generally created by or from a consumer of image buffers (such as a
		* {@link android.graphics.SurfaceTexture}, {@link android.media.MediaRecorder}, or
		* {@link android.renderscript.Allocation}), and is handed to some kind of producer (such as
		* {@link android.opengl.EGL14#eglCreateWindowSurface(android.opengl.EGLDisplay,android.opengl.EGLConfig,java.lang.Object,int[],int) OpenGL},
		* {@link android.media.MediaPlayer#setSurface MediaPlayer}, or
		* {@link android.hardware.camera2.CameraDevice#createCaptureSession CameraDevice}) to draw
		* into.</p>
		*
		* <p><strong>Note:</strong> A Surface acts like a
		* {@link java.lang.ref.WeakReference weak reference} to the consumer it is associated with. By
		* itself it will not keep its parent consumer from being reclaimed.</p>
		*/
		public class Surface implements Parcelable {
		private static final String TAG = "Surface";

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		* same {@link Surface} can be reused with a different API once the first source is
		* disconnected from the {@link Surface}.</p>
		*
		* <p>Please note that holding on to the Surface object returned by this method is not enough
		* to keep its parent ImageReader from being reclaimed. In that sense, a Surface acts like a
		* {@link java.lang.ref.WeakReference weak reference} to the ImageReader that provides it.</p>
		*
		* @return A {@link Surface} to use for a drawing target for various APIs.
		*/
		public Surface getSurface() {