Hi, for the directory data store I would like to keep soft references towards data stores to avoid filling too much the heap in case the directory has many files (thousands).
The catch is, I need to call dispose() on the datastore when the reference gets collected away. It seems GeoTools already has a solution for that, WeakCollectionCleaner has a private reference queue that it scans and on which it calls clear() for each enqueued soft reference. I have one question and one issue: - when the soft reference gets enqueued, is the referenced value still available? (searched on the internet, could not find a clear answer to this question). - if so, the weakCollectionCleaner seems like a good fit for my needs, but I cannot use it as the reference queue is package private. So I would end up duplicating the code entirely, which seems wasteful. Any change the access to the reference queue can be made public? Cheers Andrea -- Andrea Aime OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org Expert service straight from the developers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
