[libvirt] [PATCH] Java bindings for domain events

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:00:10PM -0500, David Lively wrote:
> 
> > > +JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_libvirt_Connect_registerForDomainEvents
> > > +(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj, jlong VCP){
> > > +        // TODO: Need to DeleteGlobalRef(obj) when deregistering for callbacks.
> > > +        //       But then need to track global obj per Connect object.
> > 
> >    Hum, that's a  bit nasty. Can we make sure we can plug the leaks
> > without having to change the APIs, that would be a bummer...
> 
> Yeah.  It's really not acceptable as is.  The easiest solution (as you
> hint) is changing the API so virConnectDomainEventDeregister returns the
> void * registered with that callback.  That would (of course) be my
> preference.  What do you think?  That API hasn't been released quite
> yet ...

Or have the virConnectDomainEventRegister method take an extra parameter
which is a callback    void (*freefunc)(void*). libvirt would just invoke
that to free the opaque data chunk.

I think we need a similar thing with the event loops APIs for timers
and file handle watches, to make it easier to free the opaque data
blob they have.

Daniel
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