public abstract class WeakReferenceList<T> extends Object implements Serializable, Cloneable
java.lang.ref.WeakReference
s to store its contents. In contrast to the
WeakHashtable, this list knows how to restore missing content, so that garbage collected elements can be restored
when they are accessed.
By default this list can contain 25 elements, where the first element is stored using a strong reference, which is
not garbage collected.
Restoring the elements is not implemented, concrete implementations will have to override the
restoreChild(int)
method. The getMaxChildCount
method defines the maxmimum number of
children in the list. When more than maxChildCount
elements are contained in this list, add will always
return false to indicate that adding the element failed.
To customize the list, override createReference to create a different kind of reference.
This list is able to add or replace elements, but inserting or removing of elements is not possible.Modifier | Constructor and Description |
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protected |
WeakReferenceList(int maxChildCount)
Creates a new weak reference list.
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Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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boolean |
add(T rs)
Adds the element to the list.
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protected Object |
clone()
Creates and returns a copy of this object.
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Object |
get(int index)
Returns the child stored at the given index.
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protected int |
getChildPos(int index)
Returns the internal storage position for the child.
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protected Object |
getMaster()
Returns the master element of this list.
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protected int |
getMaxChildCount()
Returns the maximum number of children in this list.
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T |
getRaw(int index) |
int |
getSize()
Returns the size of the list.
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protected boolean |
isMaster(int index)
Returns true, if the given index denotes a master index of this list.
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protected abstract T |
restoreChild(int index)
Attempts to restore the child stored on the given index.
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void |
set(T report,
int index)
Replaces the child stored at the given index with the new child which can be null.
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protected void |
setMaster(T master) |
protected WeakReferenceList(int maxChildCount)
maxChildCount
- the maximum number of elements.protected final int getMaxChildCount()
protected Object getMaster()
protected void setMaster(T master)
protected abstract T restoreChild(int index)
index
- the index.public Object get(int index)
index
- the index.public T getRaw(int index)
public void set(T report, int index)
report
- the object.index
- the index.public boolean add(T rs)
rs
- the object.protected boolean isMaster(int index)
index
- the index.protected int getChildPos(int index)
index
- the index.public int getSize()
protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException
will be true, and that the expression:x.clone() != x
will be true, but these are not absolute requirements. While it is typically the case that:x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()
will be true, this is not an absolute requirement. By convention, the returned object should be obtained by calling super.clone. If a class and all of its superclasses (except Object) obey this convention, it will be the case that x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass(). By convention, the object returned by this method should be independent of this object (which is being cloned). To achieve this independence, it may be necessary to modify one or more fields of the object returned by super.clone before returning it. Typically, this means copying any mutable objects that comprise the internal "deep structure" of the object being cloned and replacing the references to these objects with references to the copies. If a class contains only primitive fields or references to immutable objects, then it is usually the case that no fields in the object returned by super.clone need to be modified. The method clone for class Object performs a specific cloning operation. First, if the class of this object does not implement the interface Cloneable, then a CloneNotSupportedException is thrown. Note that all arrays are considered to implement the interface Cloneable. Otherwise, this method creates a new instance of the class of this object and initializes all its fields with exactly the contents of the corresponding fields of this object, as if by assignment; the contents of the fields are not themselves cloned. Thus, this method performs a "shallow copy" of this object, not a "deep copy" operation. The class Object does not itself implement the interface Cloneable, so calling the clone method on an object whose class is Object will result in throwing an exception at run time.x.clone().equals( x )
clone
in class Object
CloneNotSupportedException
- if the object's class does not support the Cloneable
interface. Subclasses that override the
clone
method can also throw this exception to indicate that an instance cannot be cloned.Cloneable
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