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1   /*
2    * $Source$
3    * $Revision$
4    *
5    * Copyright (C) 2000 William Chesters
6    *
7    * Part of Melati (http://melati.org), a framework for the rapid
8    * development of clean, maintainable web applications.
9    *
10   * Melati is free software; Permission is granted to copy, distribute
11   * and/or modify this software under the terms either:
12   *
13   * a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
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15   *    any later version,
16   *
17   *    or
18   *
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20   *    at http://melati.org
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26   * GNU General Public License and visit http://melati.org to obtain the
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30   * if you would like to work out a different arrangement than the options
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32   * wide an audience as possible.
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38   *
39   * Contact details for copyright holder:
40   *
41   *     William Chesters <williamc At paneris.org>
42   *     http://paneris.org/~williamc
43   *     Obrechtstraat 114, 2517VX Den Haag, The Netherlands
44   */
45  
46  package org.melati.poem.util;
47  
48  import java.util.Vector;
49  
50  /**
51   * Supply and cache objects identified by a numeric index.
52   * <p>
53   * Subtypes define how the object for a given index is obtained,
54   * and hence the mapping of indexes to objects used in the
55   * caller.
56   * <p>
57   * The name is a touch misleading - the objects returned are
58   * not (necessarily) indexes.
59   * <p>
60   * <code>null</code> object references can be cached and returned.
61   * <p>
62   * Individual elements can be removed from the cache or all elements 
63   * may be removed.
64   */
65  
66  public abstract class CachedIndexFactory implements IndexFactory {
67    
68    private Vector<Object> cache = new Vector<Object>();
69    private static final Object nullFromFactory = new Object();
70  
71    /**
72     * @param index of the item, possibly a troid
73     * @return the cached Object
74     */
75    protected abstract Object reallyGet(int index);
76  
77    /**
78     * Get either from cache or, failing that, really get it.
79     * {@inheritDoc}
80     * @see org.melati.poem.util.IndexFactory#get(int)
81     */
82    public Object get(int index) {
83      synchronized (cache) {
84        if (cache.size() <= index) {
85          cache.setSize(index + 1);
86          Object it = reallyGet(index);
87          cache.setElementAt(it == null ? nullFromFactory : it, index);
88          return it;
89        }
90        else {
91          Object it = cache.elementAt(index);
92          if (it == null) {
93            it = reallyGet(index);
94            cache.setElementAt(it == null ? nullFromFactory : it, index);
95            return it;
96          }
97          else if (it == nullFromFactory)
98            return null;
99          else
100           return it;
101       }
102     }
103   }
104 
105   /**
106    * Invalidate an entry in the cache.
107    * @param index the entry's index to invalidate
108    */
109   public void invalidate(int index) {
110     cache.setElementAt(null, index);
111   }
112 
113   /**
114    * Invalidate whole cache.
115    */
116   public void invalidate() {
117     cache.removeAllElements();
118   }
119 }
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