de.jungblut.datastructure

Class StringPool

java.lang.Object

de.jungblut.datastructure.StringPool

public final class StringPool
extends Object

Simple map based StringPool that is considered faster than using String.intern(), but uses a bit more memory.

Author:

thomas.jungblut

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static StringPool	getPool()
static StringPool	getSynchronizedPool()
String	pool(String s) Pools the given string and returns a reference to an existing string (if exists).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

pool

public final String pool(String s)

Pools the given string and returns a reference to an existing string (if exists).

Parameters:

s - the string

Returns:

a pooled string instance.

getPool

public static StringPool getPool()

Returns:

a not synchronized string pool based on a HashMap.

getSynchronizedPool

public static StringPool getSynchronizedPool()

Returns:

a synchronized string pool based on a ConcurrentHashMap.