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package com.sun.xml.internal.stream.util;

import java.lang.ref.*;

/**
 * This is a Singleton class that allows you to allocate buffer that
 * are stored in ThreadLocal. This class stores 3 types of char
 * buffers - small (< 128 bytes), medium (<2K) and large (> 2K) as
 * well as three byte buffers - small, medium and large.
 * The local storage is activated on the return of the buffer.
 * The buffer returns null if it is already allocated.
 *
 * @author Binu.John@sun.com
 * @author Santiago.PericasGeertsen@sun.com
 */
public class ThreadLocalBufferAllocator {
   private static ThreadLocal tlba = new ThreadLocal();

   public static BufferAllocator getBufferAllocator() {
        SoftReference bAllocatorRef = (SoftReference) tlba.get();
        if (bAllocatorRef == null || bAllocatorRef.get() == null) {
            bAllocatorRef = new SoftReference(new BufferAllocator());
            tlba.set(bAllocatorRef);
        }

        return (BufferAllocator) bAllocatorRef.get();
   }
}
