# Source: vertx-service-discovery-js/service_reference.js

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    /** @module vertx-service-discovery-js/service_reference */
    var utils = require('vertx-js/util/utils');

    var io = Packages.io;
    var JsonObject = io.vertx.core.json.JsonObject;
    var JServiceReference = io.vertx.servicediscovery.ServiceReference;
    var Record = io.vertx.servicediscovery.Record;

    /**

     @class
    */
    var ServiceReference = function(j_val) {

      var j_serviceReference = j_val;
      var that = this;

      /**

       @public

       @return {Object} the service record.
       */
      this.record = function() {
        var __args = arguments;
        if (__args.length === 0) {
          if (that.cachedrecord == null) {
            that.cachedrecord = utils.convReturnDataObject(j_serviceReference["record()"]());
          }
          return that.cachedrecord;
        } else throw new TypeError('function invoked with invalid arguments');
      };

      /**
       Gets the object to access the service. It can be a proxy, a client or whatever object. The type depends on the
       service type and the server itself.

       @public

       @return {Object} the object to access the service
       */
      this.get = function() {
        var __args = arguments;
        if (__args.length === 0) {
          return utils.convReturnTypeUnknown(j_serviceReference["get()"]());
        } else throw new TypeError('function invoked with invalid arguments');
      };

      /**
       Gets the service object if already retrieved. It won't try to acquire the service object if not retrieved yet.

       @public

       @return {Object} the object, <code>null</code> if not yet retrieved
       */
      this.cached = function() {
        var __args = arguments;
        if (__args.length === 0) {
          return utils.convReturnTypeUnknown(j_serviceReference["cached()"]());
        } else throw new TypeError('function invoked with invalid arguments');
      };

      /**
       Releases the reference. Once released, the consumer must not use the reference anymore.
       This method must be idempotent and defensive, as multiple call may happen.

       @public

       */
      this.release = function() {
        var __args = arguments;
        if (__args.length === 0) {
          j_serviceReference["release()"]();
        } else throw new TypeError('function invoked with invalid arguments');
      };

      // A reference to the underlying Java delegate
      // NOTE! This is an internal API and must not be used in user code.
      // If you rely on this property your code is likely to break if we change it / remove it without warning.
      this._jdel = j_serviceReference;
    };

    // We export the Constructor function
    module.exports = ServiceReference;