Made value in EntryReference private

src/main/java/org/warp/jcwdb/EntryReference.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package org.warp.jcwdb;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 
 /**
  * You must have only a maximum of 1 reference for each index
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ public class EntryReference<T> implements Castable {
 	private final JCWDatabase.EntryReferenceTools db;
 	private final long entryIndex;
 	private final DBTypeParser<T> parser;
-	public T value;
+	private T value;
 	private volatile boolean closed;
 	private final Object closeLock = new Object();
 
@@ -50,6 +51,28 @@ public class EntryReference<T> implements Castable {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public void editValue(Function<T, T> editFunction) throws IOException {
+		this.value = editFunction.apply(this.value);
+		this.save();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Use editValue instead
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	@Deprecated()
+	public T getValue() {
+		return this.value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MODIFY THE VALUE RETURNED
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public T getValueUnsafe() {
+		return this.value;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public <T> T cast() {
 		return (T) this;

src/main/java/org/warp/jcwdb/FileIndexManager.java

@@ -71,14 +71,20 @@ public class FileIndexManager implements IndexManager {
 	@Override
 	public <T> void set(long index, DBDataOutput<T> data) throws IOException {
 		checkClosed();
+		final int dataSize = data.getSize();
 		final IndexDetails indexDetails = getIndexMetadataUnsafe(index);
-		if (indexDetails == null || indexDetails.getSize() != data.getSize()) { // TODO: should be indexDetails.getSize() < data.getSize(). Need to create a method to mark memory free if the size is bigger than the needed, instead of allocating a new space.
+		if (indexDetails == null || indexDetails.getSize() < dataSize) {
+			// Allocate new space
 			allocateAndWrite(index, data);
 		} else {
-			if (indexDetails.getSize() > data.getSize()) {
-				editIndex(index, indexDetails.getOffset(), data.getSize(), indexDetails.getType(), data.calculateHash());
-				fileAllocator.markFree(indexDetails.getOffset() + data.getSize(), data.getSize());
+			// Check if size changed
+			if (indexDetails.getSize() > dataSize) {
+				// Mark free the unused bytes
+				fileAllocator.markFree(indexDetails.getOffset() + dataSize, dataSize);
 			}
+			// Update index details
+			editIndex(index, indexDetails, indexDetails.getOffset(), dataSize, indexDetails.getType(), data.calculateHash());
+			// Write data
 			writeExact(indexDetails, data);
 		}
 	}
@@ -178,12 +184,44 @@ public class FileIndexManager implements IndexManager {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Edit index data if a change is detected
+	 * @param index
+	 * @param oldData Old index data to check
+	 * @param offset offset
+	 * @param size size
+	 * @param type type
+	 * @param hash hash
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private IndexDetails editIndex(long index, IndexDetails oldData, long offset, int size, int type, long hash) {
+		if (oldData.getOffset() != offset || oldData.getSize() != size || oldData.getType() != type || oldData.getHash() != hash) {
+			editIndex(index, offset, size, type, hash);
+		} else {
+			return oldData;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Edit index data
+	 * @param index
+	 * @param offset
+	 * @param size
+	 * @param type
+	 * @param hash
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	private IndexDetails editIndex(long index, long offset, int size, int type, long hash) {
 		IndexDetails indexDetails = new IndexDetails(offset, size, type, hash);
 		editIndex(index, indexDetails);
 		return indexDetails;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Edit index data
+	 * @param index
+	 * @param details
+	 */
 	private void editIndex(long index, IndexDetails details) {
 		synchronized (indicesMapsAccessLock) {
 			loadedIndices.put(index, details);

src/main/java/org/warp/jcwdb/exampleimpl/App.java

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class App {
 				System.out.println("Time elapsed: " + (time01 - time0));
 				System.out.println("Loading root...");
 				EntryReference<LightList<Animal>> rootRef = db.getRoot(Animal.class);
-				LightList<Animal> root = rootRef.value;
+				LightList<Animal> root = rootRef.getValue();
 				long time1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
 				System.out.println("Time elapsed: " + (time1 - time01));
 				System.out.println("Root size: " + root.size());