net.javamud.run
Interface SISGroveller

All Superinterfaces:

Runnable

public interface SISGroveller

extends Runnable

Single Instance Storage Groveller.

When the Groveller is Runnable.run(), the Groveller (which has some implicit knowlage of where to start searching) will search for SISCapable objects, build up a list of Objects and replacing those objects where (x!=y and x.equals(y) and x.getClass()==y.getClass()) with just a single object resulting in only a single instance of that object. This should result is a saving of memory.
Only immutable objects where equals() and compareTo() operators will not be affected by this change should implement SISCapable to avoid unexpected side effects.

Author:

Timothy Hinchcliffe

Created On:

15 June 2002

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Runnable

run