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017 package org.apache.commons.vfs2.cache;
018
019 import java.lang.ref.Reference;
020 import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
021 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
022
023 import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileObject;
024
025 /**
026 * This implementation caches every file as long as it is strongly reachable by
027 * the java vm. As soon as the object is no longer reachable it will be discarded.
028 * In contrast to the SoftRefFilesCache this implementation might free resources faster
029 * as it don't wait until a memory limitation.
030 *
031 * @author <a href="http://commons.apache.org/vfs/team-list.html">Commons VFS team</a>
032 * 2005) $
033 * @see java.lang.ref.WeakReference
034 */
035 public class WeakRefFilesCache extends SoftRefFilesCache
036 {
037 @Override
038 protected Reference<FileObject> createReference(FileObject file, ReferenceQueue<FileObject> refqueue)
039 {
040 return new WeakReference<FileObject>(file, refqueue);
041 }
042 }