WeakCacheMap (biojava-legacy 1.9.5 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.biojava.utils.cache.WeakCacheMap

All Implemented Interfaces:

CacheMap
```
public class WeakCacheMap
extends Object
implements CacheMap
```
A cache which retains weak references to objects

Since:

1.3

Author:

Thomas Down

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

WeakCacheMap()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`get(Object key)`	Retrieve the Object associated with the key, or null if either no value has been associated or if the key's value has been cleared by the cache.
`void`	`put(Object key, Object value)`	Associate a value with a key.
`void`	`remove(Object key)`	Explicitly remove an object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - WeakCacheMap
```
public WeakCacheMap()
```
- Method Detail
  - put
```
public void put(Object key,
                Object value)
```
    Description copied from interface: CacheMap
    
    Associate a value with a key. The association may be broken at any time.
    
    Specified by:
    
    put in interface CacheMap
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - the key Object
    
    value - the Object to associate with the key
  - get
```
public Object get(Object key)
```
    Description copied from interface: CacheMap
    
    Retrieve the Object associated with the key, or null if either no value has been associated or if the key's value has been cleared by the cache.
    
    Specified by:
    
    get in interface CacheMap
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - the key Object
    
    Returns:
    
    the Object currently associated with the key
  - remove
```
public void remove(Object key)
```
    Description copied from interface: CacheMap
    
    Explicitly remove an object.
    
    Specified by:
    
    remove in interface CacheMap
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - the item to remove