Pool (philib 0.14.0 API)

Type Parameters:

T - The type of object which are managed by this pool.

All Known Implementing Classes:

ByteArrayPool, ByteBufferPool, ConcurrentPool, PoolBase, SoftRefPool, StrongRefPool
```
public interface Pool<T>
```
The base interface for object pools.

Author:

Philipp Meinen

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`clear()`	instructs the pool to destroy all pooled objects.
`int`	`getNumPooled()`
`PoolStats`	`getPoolStats()`
`void`	`recycle(T value)`	Recycles an object which might be reused.
`T`	`take()`	Take an object from the object-pool.

- Method Detail
  - take
```
T take()
```
    Take an object from the object-pool.
    
    Returns:
    
    A free and usable object from the pool if one exists. Otherwise a new object is created from the underlying manager.
  - recycle
```
void recycle(T value)
```
    Recycles an object which might be reused. The caller must not use this object after calling this method.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - The object to be recycled.
  - getPoolStats
```
PoolStats getPoolStats()
```
    Returns:
    
    This pool's statistics object. Calls to this pool's methods are visible to successive calls to this statics-object's methods.
  - getNumPooled
```
int getNumPooled()
```
    Returns:
    
    The number of currently pooled objects.
  - clear
```
void clear()
```
    instructs the pool to destroy all pooled objects.