// Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Jon A. Maxwell (JAM)
// 
// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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// 
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// 
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package netx.jnlp.util;

import java.lang.ref.*;
import java.util.*;


/**
 * This list stores objects automatically using weak references.
 * Objects are added and removed from the list as normal, but may
 * turn to null at any point (ie, indexOf(x) followed by get(x)
 * may return null).  The weak references are only removed when
 * the trimToSize method is called so that the indices remain
 * constant otherwise.<p>
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:jmaxwell@users.sourceforge.net">Jon A. Maxwell (JAM)</a> - initial author
 * @version $Revision: 1.3 $ 
 */
public class WeakList extends AbstractList {

    /* list of weak references */
    private ArrayList refs = new ArrayList();


    /** 
     * Create a weak random-access list.
     */
    public WeakList() {
    }

    /**
     * Extract the hard reference out of a weak reference.
     */
    private Object deref(Object o) {
        if (o != null && o instanceof WeakReference)
            return ((WeakReference)o).get();
        else
            return null;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the object at the specified index, or null if the
     * object has been collected.
     */
    public Object get(int index) {
        return deref(refs.get(index));
    }

    /**
     * Returns the size of the list, including already collected
     * objects.
     */
    public int size() {
        return refs.size();
    }

    /**
     * Sets the object at the specified position and returns the
     * previous object at that position or null if it was already
     * collected.
     */
    public Object set(int index, Object element) {
        return deref(refs.set(index, new WeakReference(element)));
    }

    /**
     * Inserts the object at the specified position in the list.
     * Automatically creates a weak reference to the object.
     */
    public void add(int index, Object element) {
        refs.add(index, new WeakReference(element));
    }

    /**
     * Removes the object at the specified position and returns it
     * or returns null if it was already collected.
     */
    public Object remove(int index) {
        return deref(refs.remove(index));
    }

    /**
     * Returns a list of hard references to the objects.  The
     * returned list does not include the collected elements, so its
     * indices do not necessarily correlate with those of this list.
     */
    public List hardList() {
        List result = new ArrayList();

        for (int i=0; i < size(); i++) {
            Object tmp = get(i);

            if (tmp != null)
                result.add(tmp);
        }

        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Compacts the list by removing references to collected
     * objects.
     */
    public void trimToSize() {
        for (int i=size(); i-->0;)
            if (get(i)==null)
                remove(i);
    }

}


