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/* WeakHashMap -- a hashtable that keeps only weak references
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   to its keys, allowing the virtual machine to reclaim them
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   Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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package java.util;
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import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
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import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
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/**
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 * A weak hash map has only weak references to the key. This means that it
 * allows the key to be garbage collected if it is not used otherwise. If
 * this happens, the entry will eventually disappear from the map,
 * asynchronously.
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 *
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 * <p>A weak hash map makes most sense when the keys doesn't override the
 * <code>equals</code> method: If there is no other reference to the
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 * key nobody can ever look up the key in this table and so the entry
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 * can be removed.  This table also works when the <code>equals</code>
 * method is overloaded, such as String keys, but you should be prepared
 * to deal with some entries disappearing spontaneously.
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 *
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 * <p>Other strange behaviors to be aware of: The size of this map may
 * spontaneously shrink (even if you use a synchronized map and synchronize
 * it); it behaves as if another thread removes entries from this table
 * without synchronization.  The entry set returned by <code>entrySet</code>
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 * has similar phenomenons: The size may spontaneously shrink, or an
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 * entry, that was in the set before, suddenly disappears.
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 *
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 * <p>A weak hash map is not meant for caches; use a normal map, with
 * soft references as values instead, or try {@link LinkedHashMap}.
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 *
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 * <p>The weak hash map supports null values and null keys.  The null key
 * is never deleted from the map (except explictly of course). The
 * performance of the methods are similar to that of a hash map.
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 *
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 * <p>The value objects are strongly referenced by this table.  So if a
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 * value object maintains a strong reference to the key (either direct
 * or indirect) the key will never be removed from this map.  According
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 * to Sun, this problem may be fixed in a future release.  It is not
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 * possible to do it with the jdk 1.2 reference model, though.
 *
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 * @author Jochen Hoenicke
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 * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
 *
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 * @see HashMap
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 * @see WeakReference
 * @see LinkedHashMap
 * @since 1.2
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
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public class WeakHashMap extends AbstractMap implements Map
{
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  // WARNING: WeakHashMap is a CORE class in the bootstrap cycle. See the
  // comments in vm/reference/java/lang/Runtime for implications of this fact.

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  /**
   * The default capacity for an instance of HashMap.
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   * Sun's documentation mildly suggests that this (11) is the correct
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   * value.
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   */
  private static final int DEFAULT_CAPACITY = 11;

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  /**
   * The default load factor of a HashMap.
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   */
  private static final float DEFAULT_LOAD_FACTOR = 0.75F;

  /**
   * This is used instead of the key value <i>null</i>.  It is needed
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   * to distinguish between an null key and a removed key.
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   */
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  // Package visible for use by nested classes.
  static final Object NULL_KEY = new Object()
  {
    /**
     * Sets the hashCode to 0, since that's what null would map to.
     * @return the hash code 0
     */
    public int hashCode()
    {
      return 0;
    }

    /**
     * Compares this key to the given object. Normally, an object should
     * NEVER compare equal to null, but since we don't publicize NULL_VALUE,
     * it saves bytecode to do so here.
     * @return true iff o is this or null
     */
    public boolean equals(Object o)
    {
      return null == o || this == o;
    }
  };
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  /**
   * The reference queue where our buckets (which are WeakReferences) are
   * registered to.
   */
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  private final ReferenceQueue queue;
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  /**
   * The number of entries in this hash map.
   */
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  // Package visible for use by nested classes.
  int size;
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  /**
   * The load factor of this WeakHashMap.  This is the maximum ratio of
   * size versus number of buckets.  If size grows the number of buckets
   * must grow, too.
   */
  private float loadFactor;

  /**
   * The rounded product of the capacity (i.e. number of buckets) and
   * the load factor. When the number of elements exceeds the
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   * threshold, the HashMap calls <code>rehash()</code>.
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   */
  private int threshold;

  /**
   * The number of structural modifications.  This is used by
   * iterators, to see if they should fail.  This doesn't count
   * the silent key removals, when a weak reference is cleared
   * by the garbage collection.  Instead the iterators must make
   * sure to have strong references to the entries they rely on.
   */
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  // Package visible for use by nested classes.
  int modCount;
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  /**
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   * The entry set.  There is only one instance per hashmap, namely
   * theEntrySet.  Note that the entry set may silently shrink, just
   * like the WeakHashMap.
   */
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  private final class WeakEntrySet extends AbstractSet
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  {
    /**
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     * Non-private constructor to reduce bytecode emitted.
     */
    WeakEntrySet()
    {
    }

    /**
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     * Returns the size of this set.
     *
     * @return the set size
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     */
    public int size()
    {
      return size;
    }

    /**
     * Returns an iterator for all entries.
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     *
     * @return an Entry iterator
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     */
    public Iterator iterator()
    {
      return new Iterator()
      {
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        /**
         * The entry that was returned by the last
         * <code>next()</code> call.  This is also the entry whose
         * bucket should be removed by the <code>remove</code> call. <br>
         *
         * It is null, if the <code>next</code> method wasn't
         * called yet, or if the entry was already removed.  <br>
         *
         * Remembering this entry here will also prevent it from
         * being removed under us, since the entry strongly refers
         * to the key.
         */
        WeakBucket.WeakEntry lastEntry;

        /**
         * The entry that will be returned by the next
         * <code>next()</code> call.  It is <code>null</code> if there
         * is no further entry. <br>
         *
         * Remembering this entry here will also prevent it from
         * being removed under us, since the entry strongly refers
         * to the key.
         */
        WeakBucket.WeakEntry nextEntry = findNext(null);

        /**
         * The known number of modification to the list, if it differs
         * from the real number, we throw an exception.
         */
        int knownMod = modCount;

        /**
         * Check the known number of modification to the number of
         * modifications of the table.  If it differs from the real
         * number, we throw an exception.
         * @throws ConcurrentModificationException if the number
         *         of modifications doesn't match.
         */
        private void checkMod()
        {
          // This method will get inlined.
          cleanQueue();
          if (knownMod != modCount)
            throw new ConcurrentModificationException();
        }

        /**
         * Get a strong reference to the next entry after
         * lastBucket.
         * @param lastEntry the previous bucket, or null if we should
         * get the first entry.
         * @return the next entry.
         */
        private WeakBucket.WeakEntry findNext(WeakBucket.WeakEntry lastEntry)
        {
          int slot;
          WeakBucket nextBucket;
          if (lastEntry != null)
            {
              nextBucket = lastEntry.getBucket().next;
              slot = lastEntry.getBucket().slot;
            }
          else
            {
              nextBucket = buckets[0];
              slot = 0;
            }

          while (true)
            {
              while (nextBucket != null)
                {
                  WeakBucket.WeakEntry entry = nextBucket.getEntry();
                  if (entry != null)
                    // This is the next entry.
                    return entry;

                  // Entry was cleared, try next.
                  nextBucket = nextBucket.next;
                }

              slot++;
              if (slot == buckets.length)
                // No more buckets, we are through.
                return null;

              nextBucket = buckets[slot];
            }
        }

        /**
         * Checks if there are more entries.
         * @return true, iff there are more elements.
         * @throws ConcurrentModificationException if the hash map was
         *         modified.
         */
        public boolean hasNext()
        {
          checkMod();
          return nextEntry != null;
        }

        /**
         * Returns the next entry.
         * @return the next entry.
         * @throws ConcurrentModificationException if the hash map was
         *         modified.
         * @throws NoSuchElementException if there is no entry.
         */
        public Object next()
        {
          checkMod();
          if (nextEntry == null)
            throw new NoSuchElementException();
          lastEntry = nextEntry;
          nextEntry = findNext(lastEntry);
          return lastEntry;
        }

        /**
         * Removes the last returned entry from this set.  This will
         * also remove the bucket of the underlying weak hash map.
         * @throws ConcurrentModificationException if the hash map was
         *         modified.
         * @throws IllegalStateException if <code>next()</code> was
         *         never called or the element was already removed.
         */
        public void remove()
        {
          checkMod();
          if (lastEntry == null)
            throw new IllegalStateException();
          modCount++;
          internalRemove(lastEntry.getBucket());
          lastEntry = null;
          knownMod++;
        }
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      };
    }
  }

  /**
   * A bucket is a weak reference to the key, that contains a strong
   * reference to the value, a pointer to the next bucket and its slot
   * number. <br>
   *
   * It would be cleaner to have a WeakReference as field, instead of
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   * extending it, but if a weak reference gets cleared, we only get
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   * the weak reference (by queue.poll) and wouldn't know where to
   * look for this reference in the hashtable, to remove that entry.
   *
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   * @author Jochen Hoenicke
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   */
  private static class WeakBucket extends WeakReference
  {
    /**
     * The value of this entry.  The key is stored in the weak
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     * reference that we extend.
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     */
    Object value;

    /**
     * The next bucket describing another entry that uses the same
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     * slot.
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     */
    WeakBucket next;

    /**
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     * The slot of this entry. This should be
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     * <code>Math.abs(key.hashCode() % buckets.length)</code>.
     *
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     * But since the key may be silently removed we have to remember
     * the slot number.
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     * If this bucket was removed the slot is -1.  This marker will
     * prevent the bucket from being removed twice.
     */
    int slot;

    /**
     * Creates a new bucket for the given key/value pair and the specified
     * slot.
     * @param key the key
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     * @param queue the queue the weak reference belongs to
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     * @param value the value
     * @param slot the slot.  This must match the slot where this bucket
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     *        will be enqueued.
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     */
    public WeakBucket(Object key, ReferenceQueue queue, Object value,
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                      int slot)
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    {
      super(key, queue);
      this.value = value;
      this.slot = slot;
    }

    /**
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     * This class gives the <code>Entry</code> representation of the
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     * current bucket.  It also keeps a strong reference to the
     * key; bad things may happen otherwise.
     */
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    class WeakEntry implements Map.Entry
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    {
      /**
       * The strong ref to the key.
       */
      Object key;

      /**
       * Creates a new entry for the key.
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       * @param key the key
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       */
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      public WeakEntry(Object key)
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      {
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        this.key = key;
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      }

      /**
       * Returns the underlying bucket.
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       * @return the owning bucket
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       */
      public WeakBucket getBucket()
      {
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        return WeakBucket.this;
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      }

      /**
       * Returns the key.
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       * @return the key
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       */
      public Object getKey()
      {
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        return key == NULL_KEY ? null : key;
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      }

      /**
       * Returns the value.
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       * @return the value
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       */
      public Object getValue()
      {
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        return value;
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      }

      /**
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       * This changes the value.  This change takes place in
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       * the underlying hash map.
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       * @param newVal the new value
       * @return the old value
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       */
      public Object setValue(Object newVal)
      {
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        Object oldVal = value;
        value = newVal;
        return oldVal;
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      }

      /**
       * The hashCode as specified in the Entry interface.
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       * @return the hash code
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       */
      public int hashCode()
      {
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        return key.hashCode() ^ WeakHashMap.hashCode(value);
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      }

      /**
       * The equals method as specified in the Entry interface.
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       * @param o the object to compare to
       * @return true iff o represents the same key/value pair
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       */
      public boolean equals(Object o)
      {
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        if (o instanceof Map.Entry)
          {
            Map.Entry e = (Map.Entry) o;
            return key.equals(e.getKey())
              && WeakHashMap.equals(value, e.getValue());
          }
        return false;
      }

      public String toString()
      {
        return key + "=" + value;
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      }
    }

    /**
     * This returns the entry stored in this bucket, or null, if the
     * bucket got cleared in the mean time.
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     * @return the Entry for this bucket, if it exists
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     */
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    WeakEntry getEntry()
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    {
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      final Object key = this.get();
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      if (key == null)
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        return null;
      return new WeakEntry(key);
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    }
  }

  /**
   * The entry set returned by <code>entrySet()</code>.
   */
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  private final WeakEntrySet theEntrySet;
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  /**
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   * The hash buckets.  These are linked lists. Package visible for use in
   * nested classes.
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   */
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  WeakBucket[] buckets;
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  /**
   * Creates a new weak hash map with default load factor and default
   * capacity.
   */
  public WeakHashMap()
  {
    this(DEFAULT_CAPACITY, DEFAULT_LOAD_FACTOR);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new weak hash map with default load factor and the given
   * capacity.
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   * @param initialCapacity the initial capacity
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if initialCapacity is negative
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   */
  public WeakHashMap(int initialCapacity)
  {
    this(initialCapacity, DEFAULT_LOAD_FACTOR);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new weak hash map with the given initial capacity and
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   * load factor.
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   * @param initialCapacity the initial capacity.
   * @param loadFactor the load factor (see class description of HashMap).
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   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if initialCapacity is negative, or
   *         loadFactor is non-positive
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   */
  public WeakHashMap(int initialCapacity, float loadFactor)
  {
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    // Check loadFactor for NaN as well.
    if (initialCapacity < 0 || ! (loadFactor > 0))
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      throw new IllegalArgumentException();
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    if (initialCapacity == 0)
      initialCapacity = 1;
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    this.loadFactor = loadFactor;
    threshold = (int) (initialCapacity * loadFactor);
    theEntrySet = new WeakEntrySet();
    queue = new ReferenceQueue();
    buckets = new WeakBucket[initialCapacity];
  }

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  /**
   * Construct a new WeakHashMap with the same mappings as the given map.
   * The WeakHashMap has a default load factor of 0.75.
   *
   * @param m the map to copy
   * @throws NullPointerException if m is null
   * @since 1.3
   */
  public WeakHashMap(Map m)
  {
    this(m.size(), DEFAULT_LOAD_FACTOR);
    putAll(m);
  }

  /**
   * Simply hashes a non-null Object to its array index.
   * @param key the key to hash
   * @return its slot number
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   */
  private int hash(Object key)
  {
    return Math.abs(key.hashCode() % buckets.length);
  }

  /**
   * Cleans the reference queue.  This will poll all references (which
   * are WeakBuckets) from the queue and remove them from this map.
   * This will not change modCount, even if it modifies the map.  The
   * iterators have to make sure that nothing bad happens.  <br>
   *
   * Currently the iterator maintains a strong reference to the key, so
   * that is no problem.
   */
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  // Package visible for use by nested classes.
  void cleanQueue()
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  {
    Object bucket = queue.poll();
    while (bucket != null)
      {
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        internalRemove((WeakBucket) bucket);
        bucket = queue.poll();
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      }
  }

  /**
   * Rehashes this hashtable.  This will be called by the
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   * <code>add()</code> method if the size grows beyond the threshold.
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   * It will grow the bucket size at least by factor two and allocates
   * new buckets.
   */
  private void rehash()
  {
    WeakBucket[] oldBuckets = buckets;
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    int newsize = buckets.length * 2 + 1; // XXX should be prime.
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    threshold = (int) (newsize * loadFactor);
    buckets = new WeakBucket[newsize];

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    // Now we have to insert the buckets again.
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    for (int i = 0; i < oldBuckets.length; i++)
      {
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        WeakBucket bucket = oldBuckets[i];
        WeakBucket nextBucket;
        while (bucket != null)
          {
            nextBucket = bucket.next;

            Object key = bucket.get();
            if (key == null)
              {
                // This bucket should be removed; it is probably
                // already on the reference queue.  We don't insert it
                // at all, and mark it as cleared.
                bucket.slot = -1;
                size--;
              }
            else
              {
                // Add this bucket to its new slot.
                int slot = hash(key);
                bucket.slot = slot;
                bucket.next = buckets[slot];
                buckets[slot] = bucket;
              }
            bucket = nextBucket;
          }
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      }
  }

  /**
   * Finds the entry corresponding to key.  Since it returns an Entry
   * it will also prevent the key from being removed under us.
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   * @param key the key, may be null
   * @return The WeakBucket.WeakEntry or null, if the key wasn't found.
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   */
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  private WeakBucket.WeakEntry internalGet(Object key)
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  {
    if (key == null)
      key = NULL_KEY;
    int slot = hash(key);
    WeakBucket bucket = buckets[slot];
    while (bucket != null)
      {
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        WeakBucket.WeakEntry entry = bucket.getEntry();
        if (entry != null && key.equals(entry.key))
          return entry;
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        bucket = bucket.next;
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      }
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Adds a new key/value pair to the hash map.
   * @param key the key. This mustn't exists in the map. It may be null.
   * @param value the value.
   */
  private void internalAdd(Object key, Object value)
  {
    if (key == null)
      key = NULL_KEY;
    int slot = hash(key);
    WeakBucket bucket = new WeakBucket(key, queue, value, slot);
    bucket.next = buckets[slot];
    buckets[slot] = bucket;
    size++;
  }

  /**
   * Removes a bucket from this hash map, if it wasn't removed before
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   * (e.g. one time through rehashing and one time through reference queue).
   * Package visible for use in nested classes.
   *
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   */
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  void internalRemove(WeakBucket bucket)
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  {
    int slot = bucket.slot;
    if (slot == -1)
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      // This bucket was already removed.
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      return;

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    // Mark the bucket as removed.  This is necessary, since the
    // bucket may be enqueued later by the garbage collection, and
    // internalRemove will be called a second time.
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    bucket.slot = -1;
    if (buckets[slot] == bucket)
      buckets[slot] = bucket.next;
    else
      {
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        WeakBucket prev = buckets[slot];
        /* This may throw a NullPointerException.  It shouldn't but if
         * a race condition occurred (two threads removing the same
         * bucket at the same time) it may happen.  <br>
         * But with race condition many much worse things may happen
         * anyway.
         */
        while (prev.next != bucket)
          prev = prev.next;
        prev.next = bucket.next;
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      }
    size--;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the size of this hash map.  Note that the size() may shrink
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   * spontaneously, if the some of the keys were only weakly reachable.
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   * @return the number of entries in this hash map.
   */
  public int size()
  {
    cleanQueue();
    return size;
  }

  /**
   * Tells if the map is empty.  Note that the result may change
   * spontanously, if all of the keys were only weakly reachable.
   * @return true, iff the map is empty.
   */
  public boolean isEmpty()
  {
    cleanQueue();
    return size == 0;
  }

  /**
   * Tells if the map contains the given key.  Note that the result
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   * may change spontanously, if the key was only weakly
   * reachable.
   * @param key the key to look for
   * @return true, iff the map contains an entry for the given key.
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   */
  public boolean containsKey(Object key)
  {
    cleanQueue();
    return internalGet(key) != null;
  }

  /**
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   *         the key wasn't in this map, or if the mapped value was
   *         explicitly set to null.
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   */
  public Object get(Object key)
  {
    cleanQueue();
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    WeakBucket.WeakEntry entry = internalGet(key);
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    return entry == null ? null : entry.getValue();
  }

  /**
   * Adds a new key/value mapping to this map.
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   * @param key the key, may be null
   * @param value the value, may be null
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   *         null if the key wasn't in this map, or if the mapped value
   *         was explicitly set to null.
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   */
  public Object put(Object key, Object value)
  {
    cleanQueue();
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    WeakBucket.WeakEntry entry = internalGet(key);
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    if (entry != null)
      return entry.setValue(value);

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    modCount++;
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    if (size >= threshold)
      rehash();

    internalAdd(key, value);
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Removes the key and the corresponding value from this map.
   * @param key the key. This may be null.
   * @return the value the key was mapped to previously.  It returns
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   *         null if the key wasn't in this map, or if the mapped value was
   *         explicitly set to null.
   */
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  public Object remove(Object key)
  {
    cleanQueue();
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    WeakBucket.WeakEntry entry = internalGet(key);
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    if (entry == null)
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      return null;

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    modCount++;
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    internalRemove(entry.getBucket());
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    return entry.getValue();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a set representation of the entries in this map.  This
   * set will not have strong references to the keys, so they can be
   * silently removed.  The returned set has therefore the same
   * strange behaviour (shrinking size(), disappearing entries) as
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   * this weak hash map.
   * @return a set representation of the entries.
   */
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  public Set entrySet()
  {
    cleanQueue();
    return theEntrySet;
  }
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  /**
   * Clears all entries from this map.
   */
  public void clear()
  {
    super.clear();
  }

  /**
   * Returns true if the map contains at least one key which points to
   * the specified object as a value.  Note that the result
   * may change spontanously, if its key was only weakly reachable.
   * @param value the value to search for
   * @return true if it is found in the set.
   */
  public boolean containsValue(Object value)
  {
    cleanQueue();
    return super.containsValue(value);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a set representation of the keys in this map.  This
   * set will not have strong references to the keys, so they can be
   * silently removed.  The returned set has therefore the same
   * strange behaviour (shrinking size(), disappearing entries) as
   * this weak hash map.
   * @return a set representation of the keys.
   */
  public Set keySet()
  {
    cleanQueue();
    return super.keySet();
  }

  /**
   * Puts all of the mappings from the given map into this one. If the
   * key already exists in this map, its value is replaced.
   * @param m the map to copy in
   */
  public void putAll(Map m)
  {
    super.putAll(m);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a collection representation of the values in this map.  This
   * collection will not have strong references to the keys, so mappings
   * can be silently removed.  The returned collection has therefore the same
   * strange behaviour (shrinking size(), disappearing entries) as
   * this weak hash map.
   * @return a collection representation of the values.
   */
  public Collection values()
  {
    cleanQueue();
    return super.values();
  }
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} // class WeakHashMap