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package com.caucho.hessian.util;

import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReferenceArray;

FreeList provides a simple class to manage free objects. This is useful for large data structures that otherwise would gobble up huge GC time.

The free list is bounded. Freeing an object when the list is full will do nothing.

/** * FreeList provides a simple class to manage free objects. This is useful * for large data structures that otherwise would gobble up huge GC time. * * <p>The free list is bounded. Freeing an object when the list is full will * do nothing. */
public final class HessianFreeList<T> { private final AtomicReferenceArray<T> _freeStack; private final AtomicInteger _top = new AtomicInteger();
Create a new free list.
Params:
  • initialSize – maximum number of free objects to store.
/** * Create a new free list. * * @param initialSize maximum number of free objects to store. */
public HessianFreeList(int size) { _freeStack = new AtomicReferenceArray(size); }
Try to get an object from the free list. Returns null if the free list is empty.
Returns:the new object or null.
/** * Try to get an object from the free list. Returns null if the free list * is empty. * * @return the new object or null. */
public T allocate() { int top = _top.get(); if (top > 0 && _top.compareAndSet(top, top - 1)) return _freeStack.getAndSet(top - 1, null); else return null; }
Frees the object. If the free list is full, the object will be garbage collected.
Params:
  • obj – the object to be freed.
/** * Frees the object. If the free list is full, the object will be garbage * collected. * * @param obj the object to be freed. */
public boolean free(T obj) { int top = _top.get(); if (top < _freeStack.length()) { boolean isFree = _freeStack.compareAndSet(top, null, obj); _top.compareAndSet(top, top + 1); return isFree; } else return false; } public boolean allowFree(T obj) { return _top.get() < _freeStack.length(); }
Frees the object. If the free list is full, the object will be garbage collected.
Params:
  • obj – the object to be freed.
/** * Frees the object. If the free list is full, the object will be garbage * collected. * * @param obj the object to be freed. */
public void freeCareful(T obj) { if (checkDuplicate(obj)) throw new IllegalStateException("tried to free object twice: " + obj); free(obj); }
Debugging to see if the object has already been freed.
/** * Debugging to see if the object has already been freed. */
public boolean checkDuplicate(T obj) { int top = _top.get(); for (int i = top - 1; i >= 0; i--) { if (_freeStack.get(i) == obj) return true; } return false; } }