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[JGIT PATCH 05/10] Allow a DirCache to be created with no backing store file

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Jan 22, 2009, 23:28 UTC
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This permits using a DirCache as a temporary storage area in memory only, with no chance of it being written out to disk.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
---
 .../src/org/spearce/jgit/dircache/DirCache.java    |   17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/org.spearce.jgit/src/org/spearce/jgit/dircache/DirCache.java b/org.spearce.jgit/src/org/spearce/jgit/dircache/DirCache.java
index b3c57ad..c5a4f91 100644
--- a/org.spearce.jgit/src/org/spearce/jgit/dircache/DirCache.java
+++ b/org.spearce.jgit/src/org/spearce/jgit/dircache/DirCache.java
@@ -111,6 +111,17 @@ static int cmp(final byte[] aPath, final int aLen, final byte[] bPath,
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Create a new empty index which is never stored on disk.
+	 * 
+	 * @return an empty cache which has no backing store file. The cache may not
+	 *         be read or written, but it may be queried and updated (in
+	 *         memory).
+	 */
+	public static DirCache newInCore() {
+		return new DirCache(null);
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Create a new in-core index representation and read an index from disk.
 	 * <p>
 	 * The new index will be read before it is returned to the caller. Read
@@ -297,6 +308,8 @@ void replace(final DirCacheEntry[] e, final int cnt) {
 	 *             library does not support.
 	 */
 	public void read() throws IOException, CorruptObjectException {
+		if (liveFile == null)
+			throw new IOException("DirCache does not have a backing file");
 		if (!liveFile.exists())
 			clear();
 		else if (liveFile.lastModified() != lastModified) {
@@ -407,6 +420,8 @@ private static boolean is_DIRC(final byte[] hdr) {
 	 *             hold the lock.
 	 */
 	public boolean lock() throws IOException {
+		if (liveFile == null)
+			throw new IOException("DirCache does not have a backing file");
 		final LockFile tmp = new LockFile(liveFile);
 		if (tmp.lock()) {
 			tmp.setNeedStatInformation(true);
@@ -515,6 +530,8 @@ public boolean commit() {
 	}
 
 	private void requireLocked(final LockFile tmp) {
+		if (liveFile == null)
+			throw new IllegalStateException("DirCache is not locked");
 		if (tmp == null)
 			throw new IllegalStateException("DirCache "
 					+ liveFile.getAbsolutePath() + " not locked.");
-- 
1.6.1.399.g0d272
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Message 6 of 12 in “Merge API v2”
  1. 00/10 Merge API v2Shawn O. Pearce, Jan 22, 2009
  2. 01/10 Fix TreeWalk.idEqual when both trees are missing the pathShawn O. Pearce, Jan 22, 2009
  3. 02/10 Expose the raw path for the current entry of a TreeWalkShawn O. Pearce, Jan 22, 2009
  4. 03/10 Expose DirCacheEntry.getFileMode as a utility functionShawn O. Pearce, Jan 22, 2009
  5. 04/10 Add writeTree support to DirCacheShawn O. Pearce, Jan 22, 2009
  6. 05/10 Allow a DirCache to be created with no backing store fileShawn O. Pearce, Jan 22, 2009
  7. 06/10 Allow CanonicalTreeParsers to be created with a UTF-8 path prefixShawn O. Pearce, Jan 22, 2009
  8. 07/10 Recursively load an entire tree into a DirCacheBuilderShawn O. Pearce, Jan 22, 2009
  9. 08/10 Allow DirCacheEntry instances to be created with stage > 0Shawn O. Pearce, Jan 22, 2009
  10. 09/10 Define a basic merge API, and a two-way tree merge strategyShawn O. Pearce, Jan 22, 2009
  11. 10/10 Add a few simple merge test casesShawn O. Pearce, Jan 22, 2009
  12. Robin RosenbergJan 23, 2009

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