com.sun.jini.collection

Class WeakSoftTable.WeakKey

java.lang.Object

java.lang.ref.Reference<T>

java.lang.ref.WeakReference

com.sun.jini.collection.WeakSoftTable.WeakKey

All Implemented Interfaces:

WeakSoftTable.RemovableReference

Enclosing class:

WeakSoftTable

public static class WeakSoftTable.WeakKey
extends WeakReference
implements WeakSoftTable.RemovableReference

A key that maintains a weak reference to an object which should be compared by object identity.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
	WeakKey(Object key) Creates a key that holds a weak reference to the argument and compares it using ==.
protected	WeakKey(WeakSoftTable.WeakKey weakKey, ReferenceQueue queue) Creates a copy of the key registered with the queue.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	cleared(Map map) Called with the containing map when this instance's reference is cleared, to remove the associated entry from the map.
WeakSoftTable.RemovableReference	copy(ReferenceQueue queue) Returns a copy of this instance registered with the specified queue.
boolean	equals(Object o) Returns true if the argument is an instance of the same concrete class, and if both objects had null keys, or if neither object has had its weak key cleared and their values are ==.
int	hashCode()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ref.Reference

clear, enqueue, get, isEnqueued

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

WeakKey

public WeakKey(Object key)

Creates a key that holds a weak reference to the argument and compares it using ==.

WeakKey

protected WeakKey(WeakSoftTable.WeakKey weakKey,
                  ReferenceQueue queue)

Creates a copy of the key registered with the queue.

Method Detail

copy

public WeakSoftTable.RemovableReference copy(ReferenceQueue queue)

Description copied from interface: WeakSoftTable.RemovableReference

Returns a copy of this instance registered with the specified queue.

Specified by:

copy in interface WeakSoftTable.RemovableReference

Parameters:

queue - the queue with which this instance should be registered

Returns:

the copy

cleared

public void cleared(Map map)

Description copied from interface: WeakSoftTable.RemovableReference

Called with the containing map when this instance's reference is cleared, to remove the associated entry from the map.

Specified by:

cleared in interface WeakSoftTable.RemovableReference

Parameters:

map - the map from which this newly cleared instance should be removed

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Returns true if the argument is an instance of the same concrete class, and if both objects had null keys, or if neither object has had its weak key cleared and their values are ==.

Overrides:

equals in class Object