LinkedHashMap.removeEldestEntry

[Bryce McKinlay]

Thomas Hallgren wrote:

> I might have encontered a bug. I Can't find any mention of it in 
> bugzilla and my GCJ is not the latest so I'll ask here before filing.
>
> I have an implementation of a MRU cache that uses a LinkedHashMap 
> specialization. It overrides the removeEldestEntry method and returns 
> true when the map reaches a certain size. That has no effect it seems 
> since my map just keep growing. Adding an explicit remove to the 
> removeEldestEntry helps (it really should not). I'm using 3.4.2. Is 
> this a known issue?


Yes, this is a known bug that was recently fixed. You can either upgrade 
to GCC head or apply this patch:

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java-patches/2005-q1/msg00466.html

Bryce