package com.fasterxml.jackson.core.util;

import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;

Singleton class that adds a simple first-level cache in front of regular String.intern() functionality. This is done as a minor performance optimization, to avoid calling native intern() method in cases where same String is being interned multiple times.

Note: that this class extends LinkedHashMap is an implementation detail -- no code should ever directly call Map methods.

/** * Singleton class that adds a simple first-level cache in front of * regular String.intern() functionality. This is done as a minor * performance optimization, to avoid calling native intern() method * in cases where same String is being interned multiple times. *<p> * Note: that this class extends {@link LinkedHashMap} is an implementation * detail -- no code should ever directly call Map methods. */
public final class InternCache extends ConcurrentHashMap<String,String> // since 2.3 { private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
Size to use is somewhat arbitrary, so let's choose something that's neither too small (low hit ratio) nor too large (waste of memory).

One consideration is possible attack via colliding String.hashCode; because of this, limit to reasonably low setting.

/** * Size to use is somewhat arbitrary, so let's choose something that's * neither too small (low hit ratio) nor too large (waste of memory). *<p> * One consideration is possible attack via colliding {@link String#hashCode}; * because of this, limit to reasonably low setting. */
private final static int MAX_ENTRIES = 180; public final static InternCache instance = new InternCache();
As minor optimization let's try to avoid "flush storms", cases where multiple threads might try to concurrently flush the map.
/** * As minor optimization let's try to avoid "flush storms", * cases where multiple threads might try to concurrently * flush the map. */
private final Object lock = new Object(); private InternCache() { super(MAX_ENTRIES, 0.8f, 4); } public String intern(String input) { String result = get(input); if (result != null) { return result; } /* 18-Sep-2013, tatu: We used to use LinkedHashMap, which has simple LRU * method. No such functionality exists with CHM; and let's use simplest * possible limitation: just clear all contents. This because otherwise * we are simply likely to keep on clearing same, commonly used entries. */ if (size() >= MAX_ENTRIES) { /* Not incorrect wrt well-known double-locking anti-pattern because underlying * storage gives close enough answer to real one here; and we are * more concerned with flooding than starvation. */ synchronized (lock) { if (size() >= MAX_ENTRIES) { clear(); } } } result = input.intern(); put(result, result); return result; } }