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/**
 * Declares an interface through which flyweights can receive and act on
 * extrinsic state.
 * 
 * @role __Flyweight
 */
public interface Flyweight {
	void sampleOperation(FlyweightContext context);
}

/**
 * Represents extrinsic state of flyweight(s).
 * 
 * @role __State
 */

public interface FlyweightContext {
}

/**
 * Implements the Flyweight interface and adds storage for intrinsic state, if
 * any. Objects of this class must be sharable. Any state it stores must be
 * intrinsic (independent of this object's context)
 */

public class ConcreteFlyweight implements Flyweight {
	public ConcreteFlyweight(Object key) {
		// initialize internal state
	}

	/** @see patterns.gof.flyweight.Flyweight#sampleOperation(FlyweightContext) */
	public void sampleOperation(FlyweightContext context) {
		// provide implementation here
	}
}

/**
 * Creates and manages flyweight objects. Ensures that flyweights are shared
 * properly. When a client requests a flyweight, this factory supplies an
 * existing instance or creates one, if none exists.
 * 
 * @role __Factory
 */

public class FlyweightFactory {
	private HashMap flyweight;

	public FlyweightFactory() {
		flyweight = new HashMap();
	}

	public Flyweight getFlyweight(Object key) {
		if (flyweight.containsKey(key)) {
			return (Flyweight) flyweight.get(key);
		} else {
			Flyweight newFlyweight = new ConcreteFlyweight(key);
			flyweight.put(key, newFlyweight);
			return newFlyweight;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * @return new instance ofunshared flyweight
	 */
	public Flyweight getUnsharedConcreteFlyweight() {
		return new UnsharedConcreteFlyweight();
	}
}

/**
 * Not all Flyweight subclasses need to be shared
 */

public class UnsharedConcreteFlyweight implements Flyweight {
	/** @see patterns.gof.flyweight.Flyweight#sampleOperation(FlyweightContext) */
	public void sampleOperation(FlyweightContext context) {
		// provide implementation here
	}

}