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 * Patrick C. Beard <beard@netscape.com>
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import java.util.Hashtable;

/**
 * Provides a GC-able table of interned strings.
 */
class StringTable {
    private Hashtable strings = new Hashtable();
    
    public String intern(String str) {
        String result = (String) strings.get(str);
        if (result == null) {
            // copy the string, to trim to minimum size.
            result = str = new String(str);
            strings.put(str, str);
        }
        return result;
    }
    
    public String internAs(String key, String value) {
        value = new String(value);
        strings.put(key, value);
        return value;
    }
}