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RefCount - Count of active Object pointers   

Description:
This attribute gives the number of active pointers associated with an Object. It is modified whenever pointers are created or annulled (by astClone, astAnnul or astEnd for example). The count includes the initial pointer issued when the Object was created.

If the reference count for an Object falls to zero as the result of annulling a pointer to it, then the Object will be deleted.

Type:
Integer, read-only.

Class Applicability:
Object
All Objects have this attribute.



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AST A Library for Handling World Coordinate Systems in Astronomy
Starlink User Note 211
R.F. Warren-Smith & D.S. Berry
30th April 2003
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

Copyright (C) 2003 Central Laboratory of the Research Councils