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package org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce;

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

/**
 * An alternative to using String.intern().
 */
public class CounterNames {
  public static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(CounterNames.class);

  private static Map uniqueStrings =
    new ConcurrentHashMap();
  
  public static void clearIfNecessary(int clearThreshold) {
    if (uniqueStrings.size() > clearThreshold) {
      LOG.warn("Unique Strings map reached size of " + clearThreshold +
          ", clearing");
      uniqueStrings.clear();
    } else {
      LOG.info("Unique Strings map size is " + clearThreshold +
          ", not clearing");
    }
  }

  public static String intern(String s) {
    if (s == null) {
      return null;
    }
    String unique = uniqueStrings.get(s);
    if (unique == null) {
      unique = s;
      uniqueStrings.put(unique, unique);
    }
    return unique;
  }
}