libjava/classpath/javax/swing/text/GapContent.java

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package javax.swing.text;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Vector;

import javax.swing.undo.AbstractUndoableEdit;
import javax.swing.undo.CannotRedoException;
import javax.swing.undo.CannotUndoException;
import javax.swing.undo.UndoableEdit;

/**
 * This implementation of {@link AbstractDocument.Content} uses a gapped buffer.
 * This takes advantage of the fact that text area content is mostly inserted
 * sequentially. The buffer is a char array that maintains a gap at the current
 * insertion point. If characters a inserted at gap boundaries, the cost is
 * minimal (simple array access). The array only has to be shifted around when
 * the insertion point moves (then the gap also moves and one array copy is
 * necessary) or when the gap is filled up and the buffer has to be enlarged.
 */
public class GapContent
    implements AbstractDocument.Content, Serializable
{

  /**
   * A {@link Position} implementation for <code>GapContent</code>.
   */
  class GapContentPosition
    implements Position
  {

    /**
     * The index to the positionMarks array entry, which in turn holds the
     * mark into the buffer array.
     */
    Mark mark;

    /**
     * Returns the current offset of this Position within the content.
     *
     * @return the current offset of this Position within the content.
     */
    public int getOffset()
    {
      return mark.getOffset();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Holds a mark into the buffer that is used by GapContentPosition to find
   * the actual offset of the position. This is pulled out of the
   * GapContentPosition object so that the mark and position can be handled
   * independently, and most important, so that the GapContentPosition can
   * be garbage collected while we still hold a reference to the Mark object.
   */
  private class Mark
    extends WeakReference
  {
    /**
     * The actual mark into the buffer.
     */
    int mark;

    /**
     * Creates a new Mark object for the specified offset.
     *
     * @param offset the offset
     */
    Mark(int offset)
    {
      super(null);
      mark = offset;
    }

    Mark(int offset, GapContentPosition pos, ReferenceQueue queue)
    {
      super(pos, queue);
      mark = offset;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the offset of the mark.
     *
     * @return the offset of the mark
     */
    int getOffset()
    {
      int res = mark;
      if (mark >= gapStart)
        res -= (gapEnd - gapStart);
      return Math.max(0, res);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the GapContentPosition that is associated ith this mark.
     * This fetches the weakly referenced position object.
     *
     * @return the GapContentPosition that is associated ith this mark
     */
    GapContentPosition getPosition()
    {
      return (GapContentPosition) get();
    }

  }

  /**
   * Stores a reference to a mark that can be resetted to the original value
   * after a mark has been moved. This is used for undoing actions.
   */
  private class UndoPosRef
  {
    /**
     * The mark that might need to be reset.
     */
    private Mark mark;

    /**
     * The original offset to reset the mark to.
     */
    private int undoOffset;

    /**
     * Creates a new UndoPosRef.
     *
     * @param m the mark
     */
    UndoPosRef(Mark m)
    {
      mark = m;
      undoOffset = mark.getOffset();
    }

    /**
     * Resets the position of the mark to the value that it had when
     * creating this UndoPosRef.
     */
    void reset()
    {
      if (undoOffset <= gapStart)
        mark.mark = undoOffset;
      else
        mark.mark = (gapEnd - gapStart) + undoOffset;
    }
  }

  private class InsertUndo extends AbstractUndoableEdit
  {
    public int where, length;
    String text;
    private Vector positions;

    public InsertUndo(int start, int len)
    {
      where = start;
      length = len;
    }

    public void undo () throws CannotUndoException
    {
      super.undo();
      try
        {
          positions = getPositionsInRange(null, where, length);
          text = getString(where, length);
          remove(where, length);
        }
      catch (BadLocationException ble)
        {
          throw new CannotUndoException();
        }
    }

    public void redo () throws CannotUndoException
    {
      super.redo();
      try
        {
          insertString(where, text);
          if (positions != null)
            {
              updateUndoPositions(positions, where, length);
              positions = null;
            }
        }
      catch (BadLocationException ble)
        {
          throw new CannotRedoException();
        }
    }

  }

  private class UndoRemove extends AbstractUndoableEdit
  {
    public int where;
    String text;

    /**
     * The positions in the removed range.
     */
    private Vector positions;

    public UndoRemove(int start, String removedText)
    {
      where = start;
      text = removedText;
      positions = getPositionsInRange(null, start, removedText.length());
    }

    public void undo () throws CannotUndoException
    {
      super.undo();
      try
      {
        insertString(where, text);
        if (positions != null)
          updateUndoPositions(positions, where, text.length());
      }
      catch (BadLocationException ble)
      {
        throw new CannotUndoException();
      }
    }

    public void redo () throws CannotUndoException
    {
      super.redo();
      try
        {
          text = getString(where, text.length());
          positions = getPositionsInRange(null, where, text.length());
          remove(where, text.length());
        }
      catch (BadLocationException ble)
        {
          throw new CannotRedoException();
        }
    }

  }

  /** The serialization UID (compatible with JDK1.5). */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = -6226052713477823730L;

  /**
   * This is the default buffer size and the amount of bytes that a buffer is
   * extended if it is full.
   */
  static final int DEFAULT_BUFSIZE = 10;

  /**
   * The text buffer.
   */
  char[] buffer;

  /**
   * The index of the first character of the gap.
   */
  int gapStart;

  /**
   * The index of the character after the last character of the gap.
   */
  int gapEnd;

  // FIXME: We might want to track GC'ed GapContentPositions and remove their
  // corresponding marks, or alternativly, perform some regular cleanup of
  // the positionMarks array.

  /**
   * Holds the marks for positions. These marks are referenced by the
   * GapContentPosition instances by an index into this array.
   *
   * This is package private to avoid accessor synthetic methods.
   */
  ArrayList marks;

  /**
   * The number of unused marks.
   */
  private int garbageMarks;

  /**
   * A 'static' mark that is used for searching.
   */
  private Mark searchMark = new Mark(0);

  /**
   * Queues all references to GapContentPositions that are about to be
   * GC'ed. This is used to remove the corresponding marks from the
   * positionMarks array if the number of references to that mark reaches zero.
   *
   * This is package private to avoid accessor synthetic methods.
   */
  ReferenceQueue queueOfDeath;

  /**
   * Creates a new GapContent object.
   */
  public GapContent()
  {
    this(DEFAULT_BUFSIZE);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new GapContent object with a specified initial size.
   *
   * @param size the initial size of the buffer
   */
  public GapContent(int size)
  {
    size = Math.max(size, 2);
    buffer = (char[]) allocateArray(size);
    gapStart = 1;
    gapEnd = size;
    buffer[0] = '\n';
    marks = new ArrayList();
    queueOfDeath = new ReferenceQueue();
  }

  /**
   * Allocates an array of the specified length that can then be used as
   * buffer.
   *
   * @param size the size of the array to be allocated
   *
   * @return the allocated array
   */
  protected Object allocateArray(int size)
  {
    return new char[size];
  }

  /**
   * Returns the length of the allocated buffer array.
   *
   * @return the length of the allocated buffer array
   */
  protected int getArrayLength()
  {
    return buffer.length;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the length of the content.
   *
   * @return the length of the content
   */
  public int length()
  {
    return buffer.length - (gapEnd - gapStart);
  }

  /**
   * Inserts a string at the specified position.
   *
   * @param where the position where the string is inserted
   * @param str the string that is to be inserted
   *
   * @return an UndoableEdit object
   *
   * @throws BadLocationException if <code>where</code> is not a valid
   *         location in the buffer
   */
  public UndoableEdit insertString(int where, String str)
      throws BadLocationException
  {
    // check arguments
    int length = length();
    int strLen = str.length();

    if (where < 0)
      throw new BadLocationException("The where argument cannot be smaller"
                                     + " than the zero", where);

    if (where > length)
      throw new BadLocationException("The where argument cannot be greater"
          + " than the content length", where);

    InsertUndo undo = new InsertUndo(where, strLen);
    replace(where, 0, str.toCharArray(), strLen);

    return undo;
  }

  /**
   * Removes a piece of content at th specified position.
   *
   * @param where the position where the content is to be removed
   * @param nitems number of characters to be removed
   *
   * @return an UndoableEdit object
   *
   * @throws BadLocationException if <code>where</code> is not a valid
   *         location in the buffer
   */
  public UndoableEdit remove(int where, int nitems) throws BadLocationException
  {
    // check arguments
    int length = length();

    if ((where + nitems) >= length)
      throw new BadLocationException("where + nitems cannot be greater"
          + " than the content length", where + nitems);

    String removedText = getString(where, nitems);
    UndoRemove undoRemove = new UndoRemove(where, removedText);
    replace(where, nitems, null, 0);

    return undoRemove;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a piece of content as String.
   *
   * @param where the start location of the fragment
   * @param len the length of the fragment
   *
   * @throws BadLocationException if <code>where</code> or
   *         <code>where + len</code> are no valid locations in the buffer
   */
  public String getString(int where, int len) throws BadLocationException
  {
    Segment seg = new Segment();
    try
      {
        getChars(where, len, seg);
        return new String(seg.array, seg.offset, seg.count);
      }
    catch (StringIndexOutOfBoundsException ex)
      {
        int invalid = 0;
        if (seg.offset < 0 || seg.offset >= seg.array.length)
          invalid = seg.offset;
        else
          invalid = seg.offset + seg.count;
        throw new BadLocationException("Illegal location: array.length = "
                                       + seg.array.length + ", offset = "
                                       + seg.offset + ", count = "
                                       + seg.count, invalid);
      }
  }

  /**
   * Fetches a piece of content and stores it in a {@link Segment} object.
   *
   * If the requested piece of text spans the gap, the content is copied into a
   * new array. If it doesn't then it is contiguous and the actual content
   * store is returned.
   *
   * @param where the start location of the fragment
   * @param len the length of the fragment
   * @param txt the Segment object to store the fragment in
   *
   * @throws BadLocationException if <code>where</code> or
   *         <code>where + len</code> are no valid locations in the buffer
   */
  public void getChars(int where, int len, Segment txt)
      throws BadLocationException
  {
    // check arguments
    int length = length();
    if (where < 0)
      throw new BadLocationException("the where argument may not be below zero", where);
    if (where >= length)
      throw new BadLocationException("the where argument cannot be greater"
          + " than the content length", where);
    if ((where + len) > length)
      throw new BadLocationException("len plus where cannot be greater"
          + " than the content length", len + where);
    if (len < 0)
      throw new BadLocationException("negative length not allowed: ", len);

    // Optimized to copy only when really needed.
    if (where + len <= gapStart)
      {
        // Simple case: completely before gap.
        txt.array = buffer;
        txt.offset = where;
        txt.count = len;
      }
    else if (where > gapStart)
      {
        // Completely after gap, adjust offset.
        txt.array = buffer;
        txt.offset = gapEnd + where - gapStart;
        txt.count = len;
      }
    else
      {
        // Spans the gap.
        int beforeGap = gapStart - where;
        if (txt.isPartialReturn())
          {
            // Return the part before the gap when partial return is allowed.
            txt.array = buffer;
            txt.offset = where;
            txt.count = beforeGap;
          }
        else
          {
            // Copy pieces together otherwise.
            txt.array = new char[len];
            txt.offset = 0;
            System.arraycopy(buffer, where, txt.array, 0, beforeGap);
            System.arraycopy(buffer, gapEnd, txt.array, beforeGap,
                             len - beforeGap);
            txt.count = len;
          }
      }
  }

  /**
   * Creates and returns a mark at the specified position.
   *
   * @param offset the position at which to create the mark
   *
   * @return the create Position object for the mark
   *
   * @throws BadLocationException if the offset is not a valid position in the
   *         buffer
   */
  public Position createPosition(final int offset) throws BadLocationException
  {
    // Implementation note: We used to perform explicit check on the offset
    // here. However, this makes some Mauve and Intel/Harmony tests fail
    // and luckily enough the GapContent can very well deal with offsets
    // outside the buffer bounds. So I removed that check.

    // First do some garbage collections.
    while (queueOfDeath.poll() != null)
      garbageMarks++;
    if (garbageMarks > Math.max(5, marks.size() / 10))
      garbageCollect();

    // We try to find a GapContentPosition at the specified offset and return
    // that. Otherwise we must create a new one.
    Mark m;
    GapContentPosition pos;
    int index = offset;
    if (offset >= gapStart)
      index += (gapEnd - gapStart);
    searchMark.mark = index;
    int insertIndex = search(searchMark);
    if (!(insertIndex < marks.size()
          && (m = (Mark) marks.get(insertIndex)).mark == index
          && (pos = m.getPosition()) != null))
      {
        // Create new position if none was found.
        pos = new GapContentPosition();
        m = new Mark(index, pos, queueOfDeath);
        pos.mark = m;
        marks.add(insertIndex, m);
      }
    // Otherwise use the found position.

    return pos;
  }

  /**
   * Enlarges the gap. This allocates a new bigger buffer array, copy the
   * segment before the gap as it is and the segment after the gap at the end
   * of the new buffer array. This does change the gapEnd mark but not the
   * gapStart mark.
   *
   * @param newSize the new size of the gap
   */
  protected void shiftEnd(int newSize)
  {
    assert newSize > (gapEnd - gapStart) : "The new gap size must be greater "
                                           + "than the old gap size";

    int oldEnd = getGapEnd();
    int oldSize = getArrayLength();
    int upper = oldSize - oldEnd;
    int size = (newSize + 1) * 2;
    int newEnd = size - upper;

    // Copy the data around.
    char[] newBuf = (char[]) allocateArray(size);
    System.arraycopy(buffer, 0, newBuf, 0, Math.min(size, oldSize));
    buffer = newBuf;
    gapEnd = newEnd;
    if (upper != 0)
      System.arraycopy(buffer, oldEnd, buffer, newEnd, upper);

    // Adjust marks.
    int delta = gapEnd - oldEnd;
    int adjIndex = searchFirst(oldEnd);
    int count = marks.size();
    for (int i = adjIndex; i < count; i++)
      {
        Mark m = (Mark) marks.get(i);
        m.mark += delta;
      }
  }

  /**
   * Shifts the gap to the specified position.
   *
   * @param newGapStart the new start position of the gap
   */
  protected void shiftGap(int newGapStart)
  {
    int oldStart = gapStart;
    int delta = newGapStart - oldStart;
    int oldEnd = gapEnd;
    int newGapEnd = oldEnd + delta;
    int size = oldEnd - oldStart;

    // Shift gap in array.
    gapStart = newGapStart;
    gapEnd = newGapEnd;
    if (delta > 0)
      System.arraycopy(buffer, oldEnd, buffer, oldStart, delta);
    else
      System.arraycopy(buffer, newGapStart, buffer, newGapEnd, -delta);

    // Adjust marks.
    if (delta > 0)
      {
        int adjIndex = searchFirst(oldStart);
        int count = marks.size();
        for (int i = adjIndex; i < count; i++)
          {
            Mark m = (Mark) marks.get(i);
            if (m.mark >= newGapEnd)
              break;
            m.mark -= size;
          }
      }
    else if (delta < 0)
      {
        int adjIndex = searchFirst(newGapStart);
        int count = marks.size();
        for (int i = adjIndex; i < count; i++)
          {
            Mark m = (Mark) marks.get(i);
            if (m.mark >= oldEnd)
              break;
            m.mark += size;
          }
      }
    resetMarksAtZero();
  }

  /**
   * Shifts the gap start downwards. This does not affect the content of the
   * buffer. This only updates the gap start and all the marks that are between
   * the old gap start and the new gap start. They all are squeezed to the start
   * of the gap, because their location has been removed.
   *
   * @param newGapStart the new gap start
   */
  protected void shiftGapStartDown(int newGapStart)
  {
    if (newGapStart == gapStart)
      return;

    assert newGapStart < gapStart : "The new gap start must be less than the "
                                    + "old gap start.";

    // Adjust positions.
    int adjIndex = searchFirst(newGapStart);
    int count = marks.size();
    for (int i = adjIndex; i < count; i++)
      {
        Mark m = (Mark) marks.get(i);
        if (m.mark > gapStart)
          break;
        m.mark = gapEnd;
      }

    gapStart = newGapStart;
    resetMarksAtZero();
  }

  /**
   * Shifts the gap end upwards. This does not affect the content of the
   * buffer. This only updates the gap end and all the marks that are between
   * the old gap end and the new end start. They all are squeezed to the end
   * of the gap, because their location has been removed.
   *
   * @param newGapEnd the new gap start
   */
  protected void shiftGapEndUp(int newGapEnd)
  {
    if (newGapEnd == gapEnd)
      return;

    assert newGapEnd > gapEnd : "The new gap end must be greater than the "
                                + "old gap end.";

    // Adjust marks.
    int adjIndex = searchFirst(gapEnd);
    int count = marks.size();
    for (int i = adjIndex; i < count; i++)
      {
        Mark m = (Mark) marks.get(i);
        if (m.mark >= newGapEnd)
          break;
        m.mark = newGapEnd;
      }


    gapEnd = newGapEnd;
    resetMarksAtZero();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the allocated buffer array.
   *
   * @return the allocated buffer array
   */
  protected final Object getArray()
  {
    return buffer;
  }

  /**
   * Replaces a portion of the storage with the specified items.
   *
   * @param position the position at which to remove items
   * @param rmSize the number of items to remove
   * @param addItems the items to add at location
   * @param addSize the number of items to add
   */
  protected void replace(int position, int rmSize, Object addItems,
                         int addSize)
  {
    if (addSize == 0)
      {
        removeImpl(position, rmSize);
        return;
      }
    else if (rmSize > addSize)
      {
        removeImpl(position + addSize, rmSize - addSize);
      }
    else
      {
        int endSize = addSize - rmSize;
        int end = addImpl(position + rmSize, endSize);
        System.arraycopy(addItems, rmSize, buffer, end, endSize);
        addSize = rmSize;
      }
    System.arraycopy(addItems, 0, buffer, position, addSize);
  }

  /**
   * Adjusts the positions and gap in response to a remove operation.
   *
   * @param pos the position at which to remove
   * @param num the number of removed items
   */
  private void removeImpl(int pos, int num)
  {
    if (num > 0)
      {
        int end = pos + num;
        int newGapSize = (gapEnd - gapStart) + num;
        if (end <= gapStart)
          {
            if (gapStart != end)
              {
                shiftGap(end);
              }
            shiftGapStartDown(gapStart - num);
          }
        else if (pos >= gapStart)
          {
            if (gapStart != pos)
              {
                shiftGap(pos);
              }
            shiftGapEndUp(gapStart + newGapSize);
          }
        else
          {
            shiftGapStartDown(pos);
            shiftGapEndUp(gapStart + newGapSize);
          }
      }
  }

  /**
   * Adjusts the positions and gap in response to an add operation.
   *
   * @param pos the position at which to add
   * @param num the number of added items
   *
   * @return the adjusted position
   */
  private int addImpl(int pos, int num)
  {
    int size = gapEnd - gapStart;
    if (num == 0)
      {
        if (pos > gapStart)
          pos += size;
        return pos;
      }

    shiftGap(pos);
    if (num >= size)
      {
        shiftEnd(getArrayLength() - size + num);
        size = gapEnd - gapStart;
      }

    gapStart += num;
    return pos;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the start index of the gap within the buffer array.
   *
   * @return the start index of the gap within the buffer array
   */
  protected final int getGapStart()
  {
    return gapStart;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the end index of the gap within the buffer array.
   *
   * @return the end index of the gap within the buffer array
   */
  protected final int getGapEnd()
  {
    return gapEnd;
  }

  /**
   * Returns all <code>Position</code>s that are in the range specified by
   * <code>offset</code> and </code>length</code> within the buffer array.
   *
   * @param v the vector to use; if <code>null</code>, a new Vector is allocated
   * @param offset the start offset of the range to search
   * @param length the length of the range to search
   *
   * @return the positions within the specified range
   */
  protected Vector getPositionsInRange(Vector v, int offset, int length)
  {
    int end = offset + length;
    int startIndex;
    int endIndex;
    if (offset < gapStart)
      {
        if (offset == 0)
          startIndex = 0;
        else
          startIndex = searchFirst(offset);
        if (end >= gapStart)
          endIndex = searchFirst(end + (gapEnd - gapStart) + 1);
        else
          endIndex = searchFirst(end + 1);
      }
    else
      {
        startIndex = searchFirst(offset + (gapEnd - gapStart));
        endIndex = searchFirst(end + (gapEnd - gapStart) + 1);
      }
    if (v == null)
      v = new Vector();
    for (int i = startIndex; i < endIndex; i++)
      {
        v.add(new UndoPosRef((Mark) marks.get(i)));
      }
    return v;
  }

  /**
   * Resets all <code>Position</code> that have an offset of <code>0</code>,
   * to also have an array index of <code>0</code>. This might be necessary
   * after a call to <code>shiftGap(0)</code>, since then the marks at offset
   * <code>0</code> get shifted to <code>gapEnd</code>.
   */
  protected void resetMarksAtZero()
  {
    if (gapStart != 0)
      return;

    for (int i = 0; i < marks.size(); i++)
      {
        Mark m = (Mark) marks.get(i);
        if (m.mark <= gapEnd)
          m.mark = 0;
      }
  }

  /**
   * Resets the positions in the specified range to their original offset
   * after a undo operation is performed. For example, after removing some
   * content, the positions in the removed range will all be set to one
   * offset. This method restores the positions to their original offsets
   * after an undo.
   *
   * @param positions the positions to update
   * @param offset
   * @param length
   */
  protected void updateUndoPositions(Vector positions, int offset, int length)
  {
    for (Iterator i = positions.iterator(); i.hasNext();)
      {
        UndoPosRef undoPosRef = (UndoPosRef) i.next();
        undoPosRef.reset();
      }

    // Resort marks.
    Collections.sort(marks);
  }

  /**
   * Outputs debugging info to System.err. It prints out the buffer array,
   * the gapStart is marked by a &lt; sign, the gapEnd is marked by a &gt;
   * sign and each position is marked by a # sign.
   */
  private void dump()
  {
    System.err.println("GapContent debug information");
    System.err.println("buffer length: " + buffer.length);
    System.err.println("gap start: " + gapStart);
    System.err.println("gap end: " + gapEnd);
    for (int i = 0; i < buffer.length; i++)
      {
        if (i == gapStart)
          System.err.print('<');
        if (i == gapEnd)
          System.err.print('>');

        if (!Character.isISOControl(buffer[i]))
          System.err.print(buffer[i]);
        else
          System.err.print('.');
      }
    System.err.println();
  }

  /**
   * Prints out the position marks.
   */
  private void dumpMarks()
  {
    System.out.print("positionMarks: ");
    for (int i = 0; i < marks.size(); i++)
      System.out.print(((Mark) marks.get(i)).mark + ", ");
    System.out.println();
  }

  /**
   * Searches the first occurance of object <code>o</code> in list
   * <code>l</code>. This performs a binary search by calling
   * {@link Collections#binarySearch(List, Object)} and when an object has been
   * found, it searches backwards to the first occurance of that object in the
   * list. The meaning of the return value is the same as in
   * <code>Collections.binarySearch()</code>.
   *
   * @param o the object to be searched
   *
   * @return the index of the first occurance of o in l, or -i + 1 if not found
   */
  int search(Mark o)
  {
    int foundInd = 0;
    boolean found = false;
    int low = 0;
    int up = marks.size() - 1;
    int mid = 0;
    if (up > -1)
      {
        int cmp = 0;
        Mark last = (Mark) marks.get(up);
        cmp = compare(o, last);
        if (cmp > 0)
          {
            foundInd = up + 1;
            found = true;
          }
        else
          {
            while (low <= up && ! found)
              {
                mid = low + (up - low) / 2;
                Mark m = (Mark) marks.get(mid);
                cmp = compare(o, m);
                if (cmp == 0)
                  {
                    foundInd = mid;
                    found = true;
                  }
                else if (cmp < 0)
                  up = mid - 1;
                else
                  low = mid + 1;
              }

            if (! found)
              foundInd = cmp < 0 ? mid : mid + 1;
          }
      }
    return foundInd;
  }

  private int searchFirst(int index)
  {
    searchMark.mark = Math.max(index, 1);
    int i = search(searchMark);
    for (int j = i - 1; j >= 0; j--)
      {
        Mark m = (Mark) marks.get(j);
        if (m.mark != index)
          break;
        i--;
      }
    return i;
  }

  /**
   * Compares two marks.
   *
   * @param m1 the first mark
   * @param m2 the second mark
   *
   * @return negative when m1 < m2, positive when m1 > m2 and 0 when equal
   */
  private int compare(Mark m1, Mark m2)
  {
    return m1.mark - m2.mark;
  }

  /**
   * Collects and frees unused marks.
   */
  private void garbageCollect()
  {
    int count = marks.size();
    ArrayList clean = new ArrayList();
    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
      {
        Mark m = (Mark) marks.get(i);
        if (m.get() != null)
          clean.add(m);
      }
    marks = clean;
    garbageMarks = 0;
  }
}