InternPool (drasyl: General-Purpose Overlay Network Framework - Core Package 0.3.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.drasyl.util.InternPool<T>

Type Parameters:

T - Type of objects in the pool
```
public class InternPool<T>
extends Object
```
Represents a pool of unique objects of type T. Should only be used if objects of type T are immutable and have a Object.equals(Object) implementation, which returns true only if both objects have the same content.
Inspired by: https://github.com/verhas/intern

- Constructor Summary
  
  Constructors
  Constructor Description
  
  InternPool()
- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  T intern(T object)
  Returns a canonical representation for the object.
  - Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - InternPool
```
public InternPool()
```
- Method Detail
  - intern
```
public T intern(T object)
```
    Returns a canonical representation for the object.
    A pool of objects of type T, initially empty, is maintained privately by this class.
    When the intern method is invoked, if the pool already contains a object equal to object as determined by the Object.equals(Object) method, then the object from the pool is returned. Otherwise, object is added to the pool and a reference to object is returned.
    It follows that for any two objects a and b, intern(a) == intern(b) is true if and only if a.equals(b) is true.
    
    Returns:
    
    a object that has the same contents as object, but is guaranteed to be from a pool of unique objects of type T.