/*
* eXist Open Source Native XML Database
* Copyright (C) 2001-2010 The eXist Project
* http://exist-db.org
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*
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* Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*
* $Id$
*/
package org.exist.util.hashtable;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
import org.exist.dom.QName;
/**
* @author Pieter Deelen
*/
public class NamePool {
private ConcurrentMap<QName, QName> pool;
public NamePool() {
pool = new ConcurrentHashMap<QName, QName>();
}
public QName getSharedName(QName name) {
final QName sharedName = (QName)pool.putIfAbsent(name, name);
if (sharedName == null) {
// The name was not in the pool, return the name just added.
return name;
} else {
// The name was in the pool, return the shared name.
return sharedName;
}
}
}