com.perforce.api
Class HashDecay

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.util.Dictionary
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        +--java.util.Hashtable
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              +--com.perforce.api.HashDecay

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, Map, Runnable, Serializable

public final class HashDecay

extends Hashtable

implements Runnable

This hashtable build to contain objects that will decay over time. The objects stored must implement the Cacheable interface.

Version:

$Date: 2002/08/05 $ $Revision: #7 $

Author:

David Markley

See Also:

Hashtable, Cacheable, Serialized Form

Inner classes inherited from class java.util.Map

Map.Entry

Field Summary

static long

MIN_DELAY The minimum delay allowed

Constructor Summary

HashDecay()

HashDecay(long delay)

Method Summary

long	getDelay() Returns the delay.
Object	put(Object key, Cacheable value)
Object	put(Object key, Object value)
void	run()
void	setDelay(long delay) Sets the delay, in milliseconds, before items in the hashtable are discarded.
void	start()
void	stop()
static void	stopAll() Stops running threads for all HashDecay instances.

Methods inherited from class java.util.Hashtable

clear, clone, contains, containsKey, containsValue, elements, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keys, keySet, putAll, rehash, remove, size, toString, values

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

MIN_DELAY

public static final long MIN_DELAY

The minimum delay allowed

Constructor Detail

HashDecay

public HashDecay()

HashDecay

public HashDecay(long delay)

Method Detail

getDelay

public long getDelay()

Returns the delay.

put

public Object put(Object key,
                  Cacheable value)

put

public Object put(Object key,
                  Object value)

Overrides:

put in class Hashtable

run

public void run()

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable

setDelay

public void setDelay(long delay)

Sets the delay, in milliseconds, before items in the hashtable are discarded.

start

public void start()

stop

public void stop()

stopAll

public static void stopAll()

Stops running threads for all HashDecay instances.