[BCEL-55] Wrap JavaClass repository class (map values) with SoftReferences

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 5.1
• Fix Version/s: 5.2
• Component/s: Main
• External issue URL: https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32945
• External issue ID: 32945
• Assignee: Apache Commons Developers
• Reporter: David Brosius
• Created: 05/Jan/05 05:55
• Updated: 24/Apr/14 12:39
• Resolved: 09/Feb/05 22:42

Description

This patch wraps the class repository map values with soft references so that out of memory conditions don't occur, (as easily), when BCEL is used to load lots of JavaClasses.