BEA WebLogic Server 9.1 API Reference

weblogic.apache.xerces.util
Class SymbolTable

java.lang.Object
  weblogic.apache.xerces.util.SymbolTable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ShadowedSymbolTable, SynchronizedSymbolTable

Deprecated. please use JDK supplied XML parsers and transformers

public class SymbolTable

extends Object

This class is a symbol table implementation that guarantees that strings used as identifiers are unique references. Multiple calls to addSymbol will always return the same string reference.

The symbol table performs the same task as String.intern() with the following differences:

• A new string object does not need to be created in order to retrieve a unique reference. Symbols can be added by using a series of characters in a character array.
• Users of the symbol table can provide their own symbol hashing implementation. For example, a simple string hashing algorithm may fail to produce a balanced set of hashcodes for symbols that are mostly unique. Strings with similar leading characters are especially prone to this poor hashing behavior.

See Also:

SymbolHash

Nested Class Summary

protected static class

SymbolTable.Entry Deprecated. This class is a symbol table entry.

Field Summary

protected SymbolTable.Entry[]	fBuckets Deprecated. Buckets.
protected int	fTableSize Deprecated.
protected static int	TABLE_SIZE Deprecated. Default table size.

Constructor Summary

SymbolTable()
Deprecated. Constructs a symbol table with a default number of buckets.

SymbolTable(int tableSize)
Deprecated. Constructs a symbol table with a specified number of buckets.

Method Summary

String	addSymbol(char[] buffer, int offset, int length) Deprecated. Adds the specified symbol to the symbol table and returns a reference to the unique symbol.
String	addSymbol(String symbol) Deprecated. Adds the specified symbol to the symbol table and returns a reference to the unique symbol.
boolean	containsSymbol(char[] buffer, int offset, int length) Deprecated. Returns true if the symbol table already contains the specified symbol.
boolean	containsSymbol(String symbol) Deprecated. Returns true if the symbol table already contains the specified symbol.
int	hash(char[] buffer, int offset, int length) Deprecated. Returns a hashcode value for the specified symbol information.
int	hash(String symbol) Deprecated. Returns a hashcode value for the specified symbol.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

fBuckets

protected SymbolTable.Entry[] fBuckets

Deprecated.

Buckets.

fTableSize

protected int fTableSize

Deprecated.

TABLE_SIZE

protected static final int TABLE_SIZE

Deprecated.

Default table size.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SymbolTable

public SymbolTable()

Deprecated.

Constructs a symbol table with a default number of buckets.

SymbolTable

public SymbolTable(int tableSize)

Deprecated.

Constructs a symbol table with a specified number of buckets.

Method Detail

addSymbol

public String addSymbol(char[] buffer,
                        int offset,
                        int length)

Deprecated.

Adds the specified symbol to the symbol table and returns a reference to the unique symbol. If the symbol already exists, the previous symbol reference is returned instead, in order guarantee that symbol references remain unique.

Parameters:

buffer - The buffer containing the new symbol.

offset - The offset into the buffer of the new symbol.

length - The length of the new symbol in the buffer.

addSymbol

public String addSymbol(String symbol)

Deprecated.

Adds the specified symbol to the symbol table and returns a reference to the unique symbol. If the symbol already exists, the previous symbol reference is returned instead, in order guarantee that symbol references remain unique.

Parameters:

symbol - The new symbol.

containsSymbol

public boolean containsSymbol(char[] buffer,
                              int offset,
                              int length)

Deprecated.

Returns true if the symbol table already contains the specified symbol.

Parameters:

buffer - The buffer containing the symbol to look for.

offset - The offset into the buffer.

length - The length of the symbol in the buffer.

containsSymbol

public boolean containsSymbol(String symbol)

Deprecated.

Returns true if the symbol table already contains the specified symbol.

Parameters:

symbol - The symbol to look for.

hash

public int hash(char[] buffer,
                int offset,
                int length)

Deprecated.

Returns a hashcode value for the specified symbol information. The value returned by this method must be identical to the value returned by the hash(String) method when called with the string object created from the symbol information.

Parameters:

buffer - The character buffer containing the symbol.

offset - The offset into the character buffer of the start of the symbol.

length - The length of the symbol.

hash

public int hash(String symbol)

Deprecated.

Returns a hashcode value for the specified symbol. The value returned by this method must be identical to the value returned by the hash(char[],int,int) method when called with the character array that comprises the symbol string.

Parameters:

symbol - The symbol to hash.