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021package org.biojava.nbio.structure.align.util;
022
023import org.biojava.nbio.core.util.SoftHashMap;
024
025
026/** provides a SoftHashMap singleton.
027 *
028 *
029 * @Deprecated find better ways for caching or use a SoftHashMap directly
030 */
031
032public class CacheFactory  {
033
034        @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
035        private static SoftHashMap  cache  = new SoftHashMap ();
036
037        // no public constructor;
038        private CacheFactory(){
039
040        }
041
042        @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
043        public static SoftHashMap getCache(){
044                return cache;
045        }
046
047}