net.sf.mmm.util.pool.base
Class AbstractNoPool<E>

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.mmm.util.pool.base.AbstractNoPool<E>

Type Parameters:

E - is the templated type of the elements in the pool.

All Implemented Interfaces:

Pool<E>

Direct Known Subclasses:

NoByteArrayPool, NoCharArrayPool

public abstract class AbstractNoPool<E>
extends Object
implements Pool<E>

This is the abstract base implementation of a dummy Pool that is actually NOT pooling at all. It always creates a fresh instance on Pool.borrow() and does nothing on release(Object).

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Constructor Summary

AbstractNoPool()
The constructor.

Method Summary

boolean	isEmpty() This method determines if the pool is empty.
void	release(E element) This method releases the given element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.mmm.util.pool.api.Pool

borrow

Constructor Detail

AbstractNoPool

public AbstractNoPool()

The constructor.

Method Detail

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

This method determines if the pool is empty.

Specified by:

isEmpty in interface Pool<E>

Returns:

true if the pool is empty.

See Also:

Collection.isEmpty()

release

public void release(E element)

This method releases the given element. It will be put back into the pool.
ATTENTION:
Only call this method if you are sure that the given element is NOT in use anymore. Therefore no reference should exist on the element and you should NOT have passed the element to a third-party library that may keep it in some cache.

Specified by:

release in interface Pool<E>

Parameters:

element - is the element to add to the pool.

See Also:

Collection.add(Object)