Package net.algart.arrays

Class ByteJArrayHolder

java.lang.Object
net.algart.arrays.ByteJArrayHolder
public final class ByteJArrayHolder extends Object
A simple class allowing to reuse Java byte[] array many times. It can be useful, when the algorithm usually allocates byte[] array with the same size many times (changing the size is a rare event). In this case, you can replace "new" operator (that spends time for zero-initialing new array) with quickNew(int) method, that probably will work very quickly. The previously allocated array is stored inside the object in a SoftReference.

This class is thread-safe: you may use the same instance of this class in several threads.

Author:
Daniel Alievsky

  • Constructor Details

    • ByteJArrayHolder

      public ByteJArrayHolder()

  • Method Details

    • quickNew

      public byte[] quickNew(Matrix<?> matrix)
      Equivalent to quickNew(matrix.size()).
      Parameters:
      matrix - some AlgART matrix.
      Returns:
      newly created "new byte[newArrayLength]" or previously allocated array, if it exists and has identical length.
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the argument is null.
      TooLargeArrayException - if matrix.size() > Integer.MAX_VALUE.

    • quickNew

      public byte[] quickNew(long newArrayLength)
      Equivalent of quickNew(int) method, but in addition it checks that newArrayLength is actually 32-bit value (newArrayLength==(int)newArrayLength) and, if not, throws TooLargeArrayException.
      Parameters:
      newArrayLength - required array length.
      Returns:
      newly created "new byte[newArrayLength]" or previously allocated array, if it exists and has identical length.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if newArrayLength < 0.
      TooLargeArrayException - if newArrayLength > Integer.MAX_VALUE.

    • quickNew

      public byte[] quickNew(int newArrayLength)
      Quick analog of new byte[newArrayLength]}. If this method is called several times for allocating data with the same size, this method returns previously allocated array. (Previous array is stored in SoftReference and, if there is not enough memory, can be utilized by garbage collector; in this case, this method will just use "new" operator.)

      Please remember: unlike standard new operator, the returned array is usually not filled by zeros.

      Parameters:
      newArrayLength - required array length.
      Returns:
      newly created "new byte[newArrayLength]" or previously allocated array, if it exists and has identical length.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if newArrayLength < 0

    • quickClone

      public byte[] quickClone(byte[] array)
      Quick analog of array.clone(). Equivalent to the following operators: 
           byte[] result = quickNew(int) quickNew}(array.length);
     System.arraycopy(array, 0, result, 0, array.length);
     (return result)
      Parameters:
      array - some array to clone.
      Returns:
      exact copy of the source array.
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the passed array is null.