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package org.apache.ki.cache;

import org.apache.ki.util.SoftHashMap;

/**
 * A MapCache that uses a {@link SoftHashMap SoftHashMap} as its backing map.
 * <p/>
 * This implementation is suitable in production environments, but does not offer any enterprise features like
 * cache coherency, replication, optimistic locking, or other features.  It is only a memory-constrained map.
 *
 * @author Les Hazlewood
 * @since 1.0
 */
public class SoftHashMapCache extends MapCache {

    /**
     * Creates a new <code>SoftHashMapCache</code> instance with the specified name.
     * <p/>
     * This constructor simply calls <code>super(name, new {@link SoftHashMap SoftHashMap}());</code>
     *
     * @param name the name to assign to the cache.
     */
    public SoftHashMapCache(String name) {
        super(name, new SoftHashMap());
    }
}