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+/* VMString.java -- VM Specific String methods
+ Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package java.lang;
+
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
+import java.util.WeakHashMap;
+
+/*
+ * This class is a reference version, mainly for compiling a class library
+ * jar. It is likely that VM implementers replace this with their own
+ * version that can communicate effectively with the VM.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Code relocated from java.lang.String by
+ * @author Dave Grove <groved@us.ibm.com>
+ */
+final class VMString
+{
+
+ /**
+ * Holds the references for each intern()'d String. If all references to
+ * the string disappear, and the VM properly supports weak references,
+ * the String will be GC'd.
+ */
+ private static final WeakHashMap internTable = new WeakHashMap();
+
+ /**
+ * Fetches this String from the intern hashtable. If two Strings are
+ * considered equal, by the equals() method, then intern() will return the
+ * same String instance. ie. if (s1.equals(s2)) then
+ * (s1.intern() == s2.intern()). All string literals and string-valued
+ * constant expressions are already interned.
+ *
+ * @param str the String to intern
+ * @return the interned String
+ */
+ static String intern(String str)
+ {
+ synchronized (internTable)
+ {
+ WeakReference ref = (WeakReference) internTable.get(str);
+ if (ref != null)
+ {
+ String s = (String) ref.get();
+ // If s is null, then no strong references exist to the String;
+ // the weak hash map will soon delete the key.
+ if (s != null)
+ return s;
+ }
+ internTable.put(str, new WeakReference(str));
+ }
+ return str;
+ }
+
+} // class VMString