Package opennlp.tools.util.jvm

Class HMStringInterner

java.lang.Object

opennlp.tools.util.jvm.HMStringInterner

All Implemented Interfaces:

StringInterner

@Internal
public class HMStringInterner
extends Object
implements StringInterner

A StringInterner implementation based on HashMap by Aleksey Shipilëv. This implementation is not thread-safe.

Origin: https://shipilev.net/jvm/anatomy-quarks/10-string-intern/

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
HMStringInterner()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	intern(String sample)	Interns and returns a reference to the representative instance for any collection of string instances that are equal to each other.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

HMStringInterner

public HMStringInterner()

Method Details

intern

public String intern(String sample)

Interns and returns a reference to the representative instance for any collection of string instances that are equal to each other.

Specified by:

intern in interface StringInterner

Parameters:

sample - string instance to be interned

Returns:

reference to the interned string instance