Eclipse Platform
Release 3.7

org.eclipse.equinox.p2.core
Class WeakPool<T>

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.eclipse.equinox.p2.core.WeakPool<T>
All Implemented Interfaces:
IPool<T>

public class WeakPool<T>
extends Object
implements IPool<T>

An object pool backed by weak references. Objects stored in this pool will be garbage collected once all strong references to the objects are broken.

Since WeakReference are not particularly light-weight, a client could use a StrongPool if the pool will be short lived and explicitly nulled by the client.

Since:
2.1

Constructor Summary
WeakPool()
           
 
Method Summary
 T add(T newObject)
          Returns the first object from this pool which is equal to the given object.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

WeakPool

public WeakPool()
Method Detail

add

public T add(T newObject)
Description copied from interface: IPool
Returns the first object from this pool which is equal to the given object. If the pool contains no such object then the object is added to the pool and returned. If the object is null, null is returned.

Specified by:
add in interface IPool<T>
Parameters:
newObject - the object to add
Returns:
a shared object that is equal to the given object or null

Eclipse Platform
Release 3.7

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