class ObjectSpace::WeakMap

An ObjectSpace::WeakMap is a key-value map that holds weak references to its keys and values, so they can be garbage-collected when there are no more references left.

Keys in the map are compared by identity.

m = ObjectSpace::WeakMap.new
key1 = "foo"
val1 = Object.new
m[key1] = val1

key2 = "bar"
val2 = Object.new
m[key2] = val2

m[key1] #=> #<Object:0x0...>
m[key2] #=> #<Object:0x0...>

val1 = nil # remove the other reference to value
GC.start

m[key1] #=> nil
m.keys #=> ["bar"]

key2 = nil # remove the other reference to key
GC.start

m[key2] #=> nil
m.keys #=> []

(Note that GC.start is used here only for demonstrational purposes and might not always lead to demonstrated results.)

See also ObjectSpace::WeakKeyMap map class, which compares keys by value, and holds weak references only to the keys.

Public Instance Methods

map[key] → value

Returns the value associated with the given key if found.

If key is not found, returns nil.

static VALUE
wmap_aref(VALUE self, VALUE key)
{
    VALUE obj = wmap_lookup(self, key);
    return !UNDEF_P(obj) ? obj : Qnil;
}

map[key] = value → value

Associates the given value with the given key.

If the given key exists, replaces its value with the given value; the ordering is not affected.

static VALUE
wmap_aset(VALUE self, VALUE key, VALUE val)
{
    struct weakmap *w;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct weakmap, &weakmap_type, w);

    VALUE pair[2] = { key, val };

    st_update(w->table, (st_data_t)pair, wmap_aset_replace, (st_data_t)pair);

    RB_OBJ_WRITTEN(self, Qundef, key);
    RB_OBJ_WRITTEN(self, Qundef, val);

    return nonspecial_obj_id(val);
}

delete(key) → value or nil

delete(key) {|key| ... } → object

Deletes the entry for the given key and returns its associated value.

If no block is given and key is found, deletes the entry and returns the associated value:

m = ObjectSpace::WeakMap.new
key = "foo"
m[key] = 1
m.delete(key) # => 1
m[key] # => nil

If no block is given and key is not found, returns nil.

If a block is given and key is found, ignores the block, deletes the entry, and returns the associated value:

m = ObjectSpace::WeakMap.new
key = "foo"
m[key] = 2
m.delete(key) { |key| raise 'Will never happen'} # => 2

If a block is given and key is not found, yields the key to the block and returns the block’s return value:

m = ObjectSpace::WeakMap.new
m.delete("nosuch") { |key| "Key #{key} not found" } # => "Key nosuch not found"

static VALUE
wmap_delete(VALUE self, VALUE key)
{
    struct weakmap *w;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct weakmap, &weakmap_type, w);

    VALUE orig_key = key;
    st_data_t orig_key_data = (st_data_t)&orig_key;
    st_data_t orig_val_data;
    if (st_delete(w->table, &orig_key_data, &orig_val_data)) {
        VALUE orig_val = *(VALUE *)orig_val_data;

        rb_gc_remove_weak(self, (VALUE *)orig_key_data);
        rb_gc_remove_weak(self, (VALUE *)orig_val_data);

        struct weakmap_entry *entry = (struct weakmap_entry *)orig_key_data;
        ruby_sized_xfree(entry, sizeof(struct weakmap_entry));

        if (wmap_live_p(orig_val)) {
            return orig_val;
        }
    }

    if (rb_block_given_p()) {
        return rb_yield(key);
    }
    else {
        return Qnil;
    }
}

each {|key, val| ... } → self

Iterates over keys and values. Note that unlike other collections, each without block isn’t supported.

static VALUE
wmap_each(VALUE self)
{
    struct weakmap *w;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct weakmap, &weakmap_type, w);

    wmap_foreach(w, wmap_each_i, (st_data_t)0);

    return self;
}

Also aliased as: each_pair

each_key {|key| ... } → self

Iterates over keys. Note that unlike other collections, each_key without block isn’t supported.

static VALUE
wmap_each_key(VALUE self)
{
    struct weakmap *w;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct weakmap, &weakmap_type, w);

    wmap_foreach(w, wmap_each_key_i, (st_data_t)0);

    return self;
}

each_pair

Alias for: each

each_value {|val| ... } → self

Iterates over values. Note that unlike other collections, each_value without block isn’t supported.

static VALUE
wmap_each_value(VALUE self)
{
    struct weakmap *w;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct weakmap, &weakmap_type, w);

    wmap_foreach(w, wmap_each_value_i, (st_data_t)0);

    return self;
}

include?

Also aliased as: member?, key?

inspect ()

static VALUE
wmap_inspect(VALUE self)
{
    VALUE c = rb_class_name(CLASS_OF(self));
    struct weakmap *w;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct weakmap, &weakmap_type, w);

    VALUE str = rb_sprintf("-<%"PRIsVALUE":%p", c, (void *)self);

    wmap_foreach(w, wmap_inspect_i, (st_data_t)str);

    RSTRING_PTR(str)[0] = '#';
    rb_str_cat2(str, ">");

    return str;
}

key?(key) → true or false

Returns true if key is a key in self, otherwise false.

Alias for: include?

keys → new_array

Returns a new Array containing all keys in the map.

static VALUE
wmap_keys(VALUE self)
{
    struct weakmap *w;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct weakmap, &weakmap_type, w);

    VALUE ary = rb_ary_new();
    wmap_foreach(w, wmap_keys_i, (st_data_t)ary);

    return ary;
}

length

Alias for: size

member?

Alias for: include?

size → number

Returns the number of referenced objects

static VALUE
wmap_size(VALUE self)
{
    struct weakmap *w;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct weakmap, &weakmap_type, w);

    st_index_t n = st_table_size(w->table);

#if SIZEOF_ST_INDEX_T <= SIZEOF_LONG
    return ULONG2NUM(n);
#else
    return ULL2NUM(n);
#endif
}

Also aliased as: length

values → new_array

Returns a new Array containing all values in the map.

static VALUE
wmap_values(VALUE self)
{
    struct weakmap *w;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct weakmap, &weakmap_type, w);

    VALUE ary = rb_ary_new();
    wmap_foreach(w, wmap_values_i, (st_data_t)ary);

    return ary;
}