Package org.semanticweb.owlapi.util

Class WeakCache<K>

java.lang.Object

org.semanticweb.owlapi.util.WeakCache<K>

Type Parameters:

K - cached type

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class WeakCache<K>
extends Object
implements Serializable

A weakly linked cache - elements in the cache can be garbage collected.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
WeakCache()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
K	cache(K s)
void	clear()	empty the cache.
boolean	contains(K k)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

WeakCache

public WeakCache()

Method Detail

cache

@Nonnull
public K cache(@Nonnull
               K s)

Parameters:

s - the value to cache

Returns:

the cached value

contains

public boolean contains(K k)

Parameters:

k - the key to check

Returns:

true if the cache contains k as a key; note that, due to the nature of this cache, by the time the method returns the key may no longer be in the map.

clear

public void clear()

empty the cache.