Package com.fasterxml.jackson.core.sym

Class CharsToNameCanonicalizer

java.lang.Object
com.fasterxml.jackson.core.sym.CharsToNameCanonicalizer
public final class CharsToNameCanonicalizer extends Object
This class is a kind of specialized type-safe Map, from char array to String value. Specialization means that in addition to type-safety and specific access patterns (key char array, Value optionally interned String; values added on access if necessary), and that instances are meant to be used concurrently, but by using well-defined mechanisms to obtain such concurrently usable instances. Main use for the class is to store symbol table information for things like compilers and parsers; especially when number of symbols (keywords) is limited.

For optimal performance, usage pattern should be one where matches should be very common (especially after "warm-up"), and as with most hash-based maps/sets, that hash codes are uniformly distributed. Also, collisions are slightly more expensive than with HashMap or HashSet, since hash codes are not used in resolving collisions; that is, equals() comparison is done with all symbols in same bucket index.
Finally, rehashing is also more expensive, as hash codes are not stored; rehashing requires all entries' hash codes to be recalculated. Reason for not storing hash codes is reduced memory usage, hoping for better memory locality.

Usual usage pattern is to create a single "master" instance, and either use that instance in sequential fashion, or to create derived "child" instances, which after use, are asked to return possible symbol additions to master instance. In either case benefit is that symbol table gets initialized so that further uses are more efficient, as eventually all symbols needed will already be in symbol table. At that point no more Symbol String allocations are needed, nor changes to symbol table itself.

Note that while individual SymbolTable instances are NOT thread-safe (much like generic collection classes), concurrently used "child" instances can be freely used without synchronization. However, using master table concurrently with child instances can only be done if access to master instance is read-only (i.e. no modifications done).

  • Field Details

  • Method Details

    • createRoot

      @Deprecated public static CharsToNameCanonicalizer createRoot()
      Deprecated.
      Since 2.16 use createRoot(TokenStreamFactory) instead
      Returns:
      Root instance to use for constructing new child instances

    • createRoot

      @Deprecated public static CharsToNameCanonicalizer createRoot(int seed)
      Deprecated.
      Since 2.16 use createRoot(TokenStreamFactory) instead
      Parameters:
      seed - Seed for hash value calculation
      Returns:
      Root instance to use for constructing new child instances

    • createRoot

      public static CharsToNameCanonicalizer createRoot(TokenStreamFactory owner)
      Method called to create root canonicalizer for a JsonFactory instance. Root instance is never used directly; its main use is for storing and sharing underlying symbol arrays as needed.
      Parameters:
      owner - Factory that will use the root instance; used for accessing configuration
      Returns:
      Root instance to use for constructing new child instances

    • createRoot

      public static CharsToNameCanonicalizer createRoot(TokenStreamFactory owner, int seed)

    • makeChild

      public CharsToNameCanonicalizer makeChild()
      "Factory" method; will create a new child instance of this symbol table. It will be a copy-on-write instance, ie. it will only use read-only copy of parent's data, but when changes are needed, a copy will be created.

      Note: while this method is synchronized, it is generally not safe to both use makeChild/mergeChild, AND to use instance actively. Instead, a separate 'root' instance should be used on which only makeChild/mergeChild are called, but instance itself is not used as a symbol table.

      Returns:
      Actual canonicalizer instance that can be used by a parser

    • makeChild

      @Deprecated public CharsToNameCanonicalizer makeChild(int flags)
      Deprecated.
      Since 2.16 use makeChild() instead.
      Parameters:
      flags - Configuration flags (ignored)
      Returns:
      Actual canonicalizer instance that can be used by a parser

    • release

      public void release()
      Method called by the using code to indicate it is done with this instance. This lets instance merge accumulated changes into parent (if need be), safely and efficiently, and without calling code having to know about parent information.

    • size

      public int size()
      Returns:
      Number of symbol entries contained by this canonicalizer instance

    • bucketCount

      public int bucketCount()
      Method for checking number of primary hash buckets this symbol table uses.
      Returns:
      number of primary slots table has currently

    • maybeDirty

      public boolean maybeDirty()

    • hashSeed

      public int hashSeed()

    • collisionCount

      public int collisionCount()
      Method mostly needed by unit tests; calculates number of entries that are in collision list. Value can be at most (size() - 1), but should usually be much lower, ideally 0.
      Returns:
      Number of collisions in the primary hash area
      Since:
      2.1

    • maxCollisionLength

      public int maxCollisionLength()
      Method mostly needed by unit tests; calculates length of the longest collision chain. This should typically be a low number, but may be up to size() - 1 in the pathological case
      Returns:
      Length of the collision chain
      Since:
      2.1

    • findSymbol

      public String findSymbol(char[] buffer, int start, int len, int h) throws IOException
      Throws:
      IOException

    • _hashToIndex

      public int _hashToIndex(int rawHash)
      Helper method that takes in a "raw" hash value, shuffles it as necessary, and truncates to be used as the index.
      Parameters:
      rawHash - Raw hash value to use for calculating index
      Returns:
      Index value calculated

    • calcHash

      public int calcHash(char[] buffer, int start, int len)
      Implementation of a hashing method for variable length Strings. Most of the time intention is that this calculation is done by caller during parsing, not here; however, sometimes it needs to be done for parsed "String" too.
      Parameters:
      buffer - Input buffer that contains name to decode
      start - Pointer to the first character of the name
      len - Length of String; has to be at least 1 (caller guarantees)
      Returns:
      Hash code calculated

    • calcHash

      public int calcHash(String key)