1.所谓的LRU(Least Recently Used)算法,就是最近最少使用原则;为什么要有这个原则,目前就是可以提高系统的性能和吞吐量,在使用缓存的时候,可以使用此原则将最近最少使用的数据删除掉,不仅可以节省大量的内存空间,而且对系统的性能有很大的好处。
2.如果要了解LRU算法,首先不得不了解的就是LinkedHashMap
(1)他是HashMap的一个子类,虽然没有HashMap使用的场景多,但是关键时刻作用还是很多,因为LinkedHashMap他保存了插入的顺序,通过遍历获取数据的时候第一个得到的必然是第一个插入的数据,也可以通过构造函数:
public LinkedHashMap(int initialCapacity,float loadFactor,boolean accessOrder),其中的accessOrder如果为true,则按照访问顺序迭代,false按照插入顺序迭代。
(2)LinkedHashMap在遍历的时候会比HashMap慢,不过也有特殊的情况,在HashMap容量很大的时候,而数据很少, 此时遍历就比LinkedHashMap慢,因为HashMap遍历速度跟容量有关,而LinkedHashMap跟容量无关跟数据量有关系。
3.言归正传,继续说LRU算法,实现LRU算法必须重写LinkedHashMap的removeEldestEntry这个方法,下面是JDK中对此的注释:
/**
* Returns <tt>true</tt> if this map should remove its eldest entry.
* This method is invoked by <tt>put</tt> and <tt>putAll</tt> after
* inserting a new entry into the map. It provides the implementor
* with the opportunity to remove the eldest entry each time a new one
* is added. This is useful if the map represents a cache: it allows
* the map to reduce memory consumption by deleting stale entries.
*
* <p>Sample use: this override will allow the map to grow up to 100
* entries and then delete the eldest entry each time a new entry is
* added, maintaining a steady state of 100 entries.
* <strong><pre>
* private static final int MAX_ENTRIES = 100;
*
* protected boolean removeEldestEntry(Map.Entry eldest) {
* return size() > MAX_ENTRIES;
* }
* </pre></strong>
*
* <p>This method typically does not modify the map in any way,
* instead allowing the map to modify itself as directed by its
* return value. It <i>is</i> permitted for this method to modify
* the map directly, but if it does so, it <i>must</i> return
* <tt>false</tt> (indicating that the map should not attempt any
* further modification). The effects of returning <tt>true</tt>
* after modifying the map from within this method are unspecified.
*
* <p>This implementation merely returns <tt>false</tt> (so that this
* map acts like a normal map - the eldest element is never removed).
*
* @param eldest The least recently inserted entry in the map, or if
* this is an access-ordered map, the least recently accessed
* entry. This is the entry that will be removed it this
* method returns <tt>true</tt>. If the map was empty prior
* to the <tt>put</tt> or <tt>putAll</tt> invocation resulting
* in this invocation, this will be the entry that was just
* inserted; in other words, if the map contains a single
* entry, the eldest entry is also the newest.
* @return <tt>true</tt> if the eldest entry should be removed
* from the map; <tt>false</tt> if it should be retained.
*/
protected boolean removeEldestEntry(Map.Entry<K,V> eldest) {
return false;
}
说的非常清楚,还有实例,下面是一个实现的样例供参考:
public class LRUTest {
/**
* 加载因子
*/
private static final float loadFactor = 0.8f;
private LinkedHashMap<String, Object> map;
/**
* 初始化大小,即缓存中只保留此大小的数据量,超过了就会用到LRU原则了
*/
private int cacheSize;
public LRUTest(int cacheSize){
this.cacheSize = cacheSize;
//如果为true,则按照访问顺序遍历
map = new LinkedHashMap<String,Object>(cacheSize, loadFactor, true){
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1;
@Override
protected boolean removeEldestEntry(Map.Entry<String,Object> eldest) {
return size() > LRUTest.this.cacheSize;
}
};
}
public synchronized Object get(String key) {
return map.get(key);
}
public synchronized void put(String key, Object value) {
map.put(key, value);
}
public synchronized int usedEntries() {
return map.size();
}
public synchronized Collection<Map.Entry<String, Object>> getAll() {
return new ArrayList<Map.Entry<String, Object>>(map.entrySet());
}
}