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package org.apache.hadoop.util;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
import com.google.common.collect.Interner;
import com.google.common.collect.Interners;
/**
* Provides equivalent behavior to String.intern() to optimize performance,
* whereby does not consume memory in the permanent generation.
*/
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Stable
public class StringInterner {
/**
* Retains a strong reference to each string instance it has interned.
*/
private final static Interner strongInterner;
/**
* Retains a weak reference to each string instance it has interned.
*/
private final static Interner weakInterner;
static {
strongInterner = Interners.newStrongInterner();
weakInterner = Interners.newWeakInterner();
}
/**
* Interns and returns a reference to the representative instance
* for any of a collection of string instances that are equal to each other.
* Retains strong reference to the instance,
* thus preventing it from being garbage-collected.
*
* @param sample string instance to be interned
* @return strong reference to interned string instance
*/
public static String strongIntern(String sample) {
if (sample == null) {
return null;
}
return strongInterner.intern(sample);
}
/**
* Interns and returns a reference to the representative instance
* for any of a collection of string instances that are equal to each other.
* Retains weak reference to the instance,
* and so does not prevent it from being garbage-collected.
*
* @param sample string instance to be interned
* @return weak reference to interned string instance
*/
public static String weakIntern(String sample) {
if (sample == null) {
return null;
}
return weakInterner.intern(sample);
}
}