com.sun.jini.collection
Class SoftCache

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.jini.collection.SoftCache

public class SoftCache
extends Object

Map of keys to softly-referenced values which automatically removes mappings for garbage-collected values. This is a simplified version of sun.misc.SoftCache.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Constructor Summary

SoftCache()

Method Summary

void	clear() Removes all associations from this map.
Object	get(Object key) Returns value associated with given key, or null if none.
Object	put(Object key, Object value) Associates value with given key, returning value previously associated with key, or null if none.
Object	remove(Object key) Removes association for given key, returning value previously associated with key, or null if none.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SoftCache

public SoftCache()

Method Detail

put

public Object put(Object key,
                  Object value)

Associates value with given key, returning value previously associated with key, or null if none.

get

public Object get(Object key)

Returns value associated with given key, or null if none.

remove

public Object remove(Object key)

Removes association for given key, returning value previously associated with key, or null if none.

clear

public void clear()

Removes all associations from this map.