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+/* Copyright (C) 2007 Michael Goffioul
+**
+** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+** it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+** the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+** (at your option) any later version.
+**
+** This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+** but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+** MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+** GNU General Public License for more details.
+**
+** You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+** along with this program; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package org.octave;
+
+public class OctaveReference
+{
+	static
+	{
+		System.load (System.getProperty ("octave.java.path") + java.io.File.separator + "__java__.oct");
+	}
+  
+	private int ID;
+
+	public OctaveReference(int ID)
+	{
+		this.ID = ID;
+	}
+
+	private native static void doFinalize(int ID);
+
+	protected void finalize() throws Throwable
+	{
+		doFinalize(this.ID);
+	}
+
+	public String toString()
+	{
+		return ("<octave reference " + this.ID + ">");
+	}
+
+	public int getID()
+	{
+		return this.ID;
+	}
+
+	public Object invoke(Object[] args)
+	{
+		//System.out.println("OctaveReference::invoke");
+		Octave.doInvoke(this.ID, args);
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public synchronized Object invokeAndWait(Object[] args)
+	{
+		//System.out.println("OctaveReference::invokeandWait");
+		Octave.invokeAndWait(this, args);
+		return null;
+	}
+}