com.fasterxml.aalto.util
Class NameTable

java.lang.Object
  com.fasterxml.aalto.util.NameTable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ByteBasedPNameTable, CharBasedPNameTable, WNameTable

public abstract class NameTable
extends java.lang.Object

This class defines the basic high-level interface for symbol table implementations, especially regarding how they are obtained and reused. Most of actual use functionality is in sub-classes, since access details depend on how symbols are handled at low level.

Constructor Summary

protected

NameTable()

Method Summary

abstract boolean	maybeDirty() Method called to check to quickly see if a child symbol table may have gotten additional entries.
abstract int	size()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NameTable

protected NameTable()

Method Detail

size

public abstract int size()

maybeDirty

public abstract boolean maybeDirty()

Method called to check to quickly see if a child symbol table may have gotten additional entries. Used for checking to see if a child table should be merged into shared table.