lejos.util
Class ArrayRecycler

java.lang.Object
  lejos.util.Recycler
      lejos.util.ArrayRecycler

public final class ArrayRecycler
extends Recycler

An array recycler for Object arrays. To use this utility, create a global instance of this class, and then invoke allocate(int) to create recyclable arrays. As usual, invoke recycle(...) to release the array.

Note that the caller is expected to provide thread safety for instances of this class.

See Also:

RecyclableArray

Constructor Summary

ArrayRecycler()
Constructs a recycler.

Method Summary

RecyclableArray	allocate(int length) Attempts to obtain a free RecyclableArray.
protected Recyclable	createInstance() This is a factory method that should be overridden to create an Recyclable object instance.

Methods inherited from class lejos.util.Recycler

allocate, recycle

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ArrayRecycler

public ArrayRecycler()

Constructs a recycler.

Method Detail

allocate

public final RecyclableArray allocate(int length)

Attempts to obtain a free RecyclableArray.

Returns:

A RecyclableArray reference.

Throws:

StackOverflowError - May be thrown due to the recursive implementation of the method.

createInstance

protected final Recyclable createInstance()

Description copied from class: Recycler

This is a factory method that should be overridden to create an Recyclable object instance.

Specified by:

createInstance in class Recycler