org.biojava.utils.cache
Class WeakCacheMap

java.lang.Object
  org.biojava.utils.cache.WeakCacheMap

All Implemented Interfaces:

CacheMap

public class WeakCacheMap

extends Object

implements CacheMap

A cache which retains weak references to objects

Since:

1.3

Author:

Thomas Down

Constructor Summary

WeakCacheMap()

Method Summary

Object	get(Object key) Retrieve the Object associated with the key, or null if either no value has been associated or if the key's value has been cleared by the cache.
void	put(Object key, Object value) Associate a value with a key.
void	remove(Object key) Explicitly remove an object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

WeakCacheMap

public WeakCacheMap()

Method Detail

put

public void put(Object key,
                Object value)

Description copied from interface: CacheMap

Associate a value with a key. The association may be broken at any time.

Specified by:

put in interface CacheMap

Parameters:

key - the key Object

value - the Object to associate with the key

get

public Object get(Object key)

Description copied from interface: CacheMap

Retrieve the Object associated with the key, or null if either no value has been associated or if the key's value has been cleared by the cache.

Specified by:

get in interface CacheMap

Parameters:

key - the key Object

Returns:

the Object currently associated with the key

remove

public void remove(Object key)

Description copied from interface: CacheMap

Explicitly remove an object.

Specified by:

remove in interface CacheMap

Parameters:

key - the item to remove