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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2007 Jim Procter
3    *
4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    *
8    * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    *
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  package org.castor.core.util;
17  
18  import java.util.IdentityHashMap;
19  import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
20  
21  /**
22   * <p>
23   * lightweight mechanism for thread-safe detection of cyclic calls to hashCode or equals in
24   * objects created by the XML CodeGenerator.
25   * </p>
26   * <p>Usage</p>
27   * <ol><li>
28   * startingToCycle is called on a particular object prior to recursing on it, and recursion
29   * should only occur if this call returns false.
30   * </li>
31   * <li>
32   * releaseCycleHandle is called after the recursive call returns in order to release the cycle
33   * lock on the object.
34   * </li>
35   * </ol>
36   * <p><strong>Note :</strong> Do not use this cycle breaking mechanism on object comparisons
37   * where two instances may share the same reference to some third object, such as a String constant.
38   * </p>
39   * @author <a href="mailto:jimp@compbio.dundee.ac.uk">Jim Procter</a>
40   */
41  public class CycleBreaker {
42  
43      /** 
44       * Hash of threads and objects that we are keeping track of. 
45       */
46      private static final IdentityHashMap<Thread, IdentityHashMap<Object, Object>> _threadHash =
47            new IdentityHashMap<Thread, IdentityHashMap<Object, Object>>();
48  
49      /** 
50       * Lock used to isolate write accesses to <tt>_threadHash</tt>.
51       * @since 1.3.1 
52       */
53      private static final ReentrantReadWriteLock _lock = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
54  
55      /**
56       * Test to see if we are about to begin cycling on a method call to beingHashed.
57       *  
58       * @param beingHashed the object to check for a cycle.
59       * @return true if a cycle is about to occur on this non-null object.
60       */
61      public static boolean startingToCycle(final Object beingHashed) {
62          if (beingHashed == null) {
63              return false;
64          }
65  
66          // before accessing _threadHash acquire read lock first
67          _lock.readLock().lock();
68          IdentityHashMap<Object, Object> hthr = _threadHash.get(Thread.currentThread());
69          _lock.readLock().unlock();
70          if (hthr == null) {
71          	hthr = new IdentityHashMap<Object, Object>();
72          	hthr.put(beingHashed, beingHashed); 
73          	
74              // before accessing _threadHash acquire write lock first
75              _lock.writeLock().lock();
76              _threadHash.put(Thread.currentThread(), hthr);
77              _lock.writeLock().unlock();
78              return false; // first call. no cycle detected
79          }
80  
81          // it's not necessary to lock here because every entry
82          // read from _threadHash is accessed by the same thread which
83          // added it to _threadHash (in _threadHash all values are keyed
84          // by the threads hash)
85  
86          Object objhandle = hthr.get(beingHashed);
87          if (objhandle == null) {
88  
89              // this is the default for a hash value currently being computed.
90              hthr.put(beingHashed, beingHashed);
91              return false; // first call. no cycle detected.
92          }
93          return true;
94      }
95      
96      /**
97       * Called to release Cycling lock for this object at the end of a routine
98       * where cycles are to be detected.
99       * 
100      * @param beingHashed the object for which the cycle-lock will be released.
101      */
102     public static void releaseCycleHandle(final Object beingHashed) {
103         if (beingHashed == null) {
104             return;
105         }
106         
107         Thread currentThread = Thread.currentThread();
108 
109         // before accessing _threadHash acquire read lock first
110         _lock.readLock().lock();
111         IdentityHashMap<Object, Object> hthr = _threadHash.get(currentThread);
112         _lock.readLock().unlock();
113         if (hthr != null) {
114         	
115             // it's not necessary to lock here because every entry
116             // read from _threadHash is accessed by the same thread which
117             // added it to _threadHash (in _threadHash all values are keyed
118             // by the threads hash)
119             if (hthr.containsKey(beingHashed)) {
120                 hthr.remove(beingHashed); 
121 
122                 // release any references if we have no more CycleHandles
123                 if (hthr.size() == 0) {
124 
125                     // before removing the threads empty hash from _threadHash
126                     // acquire write lock first
127                     _lock.writeLock().lock();
128                     _threadHash.remove(currentThread);
129                     _lock.writeLock().unlock();
130                 }
131             }
132         }
133     }
134 }