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package org.apache.commons.vfs2.cache;

import java.lang.ref.Reference;
import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;

import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileObject;

/**
 * This implementation caches every file as long as it is strongly reachable by
 * the java vm. As soon as the object is no longer reachable it will be discarded.
 * In contrast to the SoftRefFilesCache this implementation might free resources faster
 * as it don't wait until a memory limitation.
 *
 * @see java.lang.ref.WeakReference
 */
public class WeakRefFilesCache extends SoftRefFilesCache
{
    @Override
    protected Reference<FileObject> createReference(final FileObject file, final ReferenceQueue<FileObject> refqueue)
    {
        return new WeakReference<FileObject>(file, refqueue);
    }
}