Re: [OJB-developers] ObjectCache and IdentityFactory]

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> We could even
>> create a pseudo-gc thread that throws away empty Soft/WeakReferences
>> perodically.
>
> There is one argument against threading: You should not use Threads
> in J2EE controlled environments.

Hm, I didn't know this, but it can definitely be made to work without
threads as well. A common strategy would be doing the cleanup in the
accessors (as you suggested). Do you know why you have to avoid threads? Is
this true even in "not-quite-J2EE" ( = plain tomcat for servlets/jsp)?

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>
> Making it configurable is a good idea. We can have different
> behaviour for different environemnts (e.g. singlevm mode, C/S mode,
> running within a J2EE app server ...)
>
> I like your suggestion very much. We need exactly this kind of
> refactorings to improve the overall code quality!

hm ... my TODO list is growing ;-)

well, actually I like doing this kind of stuff every now and then (everyone
who did such a beast once probably understands, why I don't like to do it
all the time ;-).

> cu,
>
> Thomas

regards
Joachim