Motivation:
Due an implementation flaw in DefaultAttributeMap it was possible that an attribute and its stored value/key could not be collected until the DefaultAttributeMap could be collected. This can lead to unexpected memory usage and strong reachability of objects that should be collected.
Modifications:
Use an special empty DefaultAttribute as head of the each bucket which will not store any key / value. With this change everything can be collected as expected as we not use any DefaultAttribute created by the user as head of a bucket.
Result:
DefaultAttributeMap does not store user data and thus the lifetime of this user data is not tied to the lifetime of the DefaultAttributeMap.
Motivation:
When remove0() is called multiple times for an DefaultAttribute it can cause corruption of the internal linked-list structure.
Modifications:
- Ensure remove0() can not cause corruption by null out prev and next references.
Result:
No more corruption possible
Motivation:
The current DefaultAttributeMap cause an infinite-loop when the user removes an attribute and create the same attribute again. This regression was introduced by c3bd7a8ff1.
Modification:
Correctly break out loop
Result:
No infinite-loop anymore.
Motivation:
The old DefaultAttributeMap impl did more synchronization then needed and also did not expose a efficient way to check if an attribute exists with a specific key.
Modifications:
* Rewrite DefaultAttributeMap to not use IdentityHashMap and synchronization on the map directly. The new impl uses a combination of AtomicReferenceArray and synchronization per chain (linked-list). Also access the first Attribute per bucket can be done without any synchronization at all and just uses atomic operations. This should fit for most use-cases pretty weel.
* Add hasAttr(...) implementation
Result:
It's now possible to check for the existence of a attribute without create one. Synchronization is per linked-list and the first entry can even be added via atomic operation.
