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## com.caucho.util
Class FreeList

    java.lang.Object
      |
      +--com.caucho.util.FreeList

public final class FreeList
extends java.lang.Object

FreeList provides a simple class to manage free objects. This is useful for large data structures that otherwise would gobble up huge GC time.

The free list is bounded. Freeing an object when the list is full will do nothing.

Constructor Summary
`FreeList(int size)` Create a new free list.

Method Summary
`java.lang.Object` | `allocate()` Try to get an object from the free list.
`void` | `free(java.lang.Object obj)` Frees the object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### FreeList

    public FreeList(int size)

  Create a new free list.
  Parameters:
    `size` - maximum number of free objects to store.

Method Detail

### allocate

    public java.lang.Object allocate()

  Try to get an object from the free list. Returns null if the free list is empty.
  Returns:
    the new object or null.

### free

    public void free(java.lang.Object obj)

  Frees the object. If the free list is full, the object will be garbage collected.
  Parameters:
    `obj` - the object to be freed.

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