Rogue Wave® Server internally manipulates smart pointers. Smart pointers are associated with a reference counter mechanism which keeps a tally of how many smart pointers point to a given object. Smart pointers and reference counting are covered in “Smart Pointers and Reference Counting”..

A side effect of reference counters is that they may produce floating reference cycles.

This appendix explains the Rogue Wave Server features which help you avoid the creation of floating reference cycles.