org.jboss.util
Class SoftObject

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.ref.Reference<T>
      java.lang.ref.SoftReference
          org.jboss.util.SoftObject

public final class SoftObject
extends SoftReference

Convenience class to wrap an Object into a SoftReference.

Modified from java.util.WeakHashMap.WeakKey.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Jason Dillon

Field Summary

protected int

hashCode The hash code of the nested object

Constructor Summary

SoftObject(Object obj)
Construct a SoftObject.

SoftObject(Object obj, ReferenceQueue queue)
Construct a SoftObject.

Method Summary

static SoftObject	create(Object obj) Create a SoftObject for the given object.
static SoftObject	create(Object obj, ReferenceQueue queue) Create a SoftObject for the given object.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Check the equality of an object with this.
int	hashCode() Return the hash code of the nested object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ref.SoftReference

get

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ref.Reference

clear, enqueue, isEnqueued

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

hashCode

protected final int hashCode

The hash code of the nested object

Constructor Detail

SoftObject

public SoftObject(Object obj)

Construct a SoftObject.

Parameters:

obj - Object to reference.

SoftObject

public SoftObject(Object obj,
                  ReferenceQueue queue)

Construct a SoftObject.

Parameters:

obj - Object to reference.

queue - Reference queue.

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Check the equality of an object with this.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - Object to test equality with.

Returns:

True if object is equal.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Return the hash code of the nested object.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

The hash code of the nested object.

create

public static SoftObject create(Object obj)

Create a SoftObject for the given object.

Parameters:

obj - Object to reference.

Returns:

SoftObject or null if object is null.

create

public static SoftObject create(Object obj,
                                ReferenceQueue queue)

Create a SoftObject for the given object.

Parameters:

obj - Object to reference.

queue - Reference queue.

Returns:

SoftObject or null if object is null.