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package org.apache.uima.aae;

import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;

public class SerializerCache {
  
  //  Map storing Serializer instance for each thread. The key to the 
  //  map is a thread id.
  private static ConcurrentHashMap<Long, UimaSerializer> serializerMap = 
    new ConcurrentHashMap<Long, UimaSerializer>();
  /**
   * Returns an instance of a Serializer object. Uses current thread id
   * to look up the Map. If the Map does not contain an entry for current
   * thread, a new Serializer instance is created and added to the Map for
   * future use.
   * 
   * @return - Serializer instance 
   */
  public static UimaSerializer lookupSerializerByThreadId() {
    if ( !serializerMap.containsKey(Thread.currentThread().getId())) {
      serializerMap.put(Thread.currentThread().getId(), new UimaSerializer());
    }
    return serializerMap.get(Thread.currentThread().getId());
  }
  
}