anonymous wrote : | anonymous wrote : | | In the entity caching use case, the map is 100% sure to be read, so a lazy copy doesn't gain anything. | | | | To clarify, Does it ever call Node.getChildren() or Node.getChildrenNames? What I was meaning was that a direct node lookup (like "/a/b") can use the actual real node's child map, only a direct child map access by the application would require copying. | Just realized, i am guessing the case you describe does alot of writes though, which would have to force a copy, so this is not a good approach. -Jason View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4060074#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...