[jboss-dev-forums] [Design the new POJO MicroContainer] - Re: Composite Map key and weak reference

[jason.greene@jboss.com]

"bstansberry at jboss.com" wrote : Oh, but my class above is intended to be passed as a key to WeakHashMap.  The ReferenceQueue polling will remove the only strong ref to the Key, at which point the WeakHashMap will do its normal thing and make the Key/value pair eligible for removal.

IMO it would be better to connect the logic to the map, then the entry is cleared in one pass, and you aren't tied to a particular map implementation.

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