NameValueEntry Class — netty Architecture

Source Code

codec-http2/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http2/HpackEncoder.java lines 531–554

    private static final class NameValueEntry extends HpackHeaderField {
        // This field comprises the linked list used for implementing the eviction policy.
        NameValueEntry after;

        NameValueEntry next;

        // hash of both name and value
        final int hash;

        // This is used to compute the index in the dynamic table.
        final int counter;

        NameValueEntry(int hash, CharSequence name, CharSequence value, int counter, NameValueEntry next) {
            super(name, value);
            this.next = next;
            this.hash = hash;
            this.counter = counter;
        }

        void unlink() {
            after = null; // null references to prevent nepotism in generational GC.
            next = null;
        }
    }