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| Flyweights are small-sized handle classes granting constant access to shared |
| common data, thus allowing for the management of large amounts of entities |
| within reasonable memory limits. Boost.Flyweight makes it easy to use this |
| common programming idiom by providing the class template |
| <code>flyweight<T></code>, which acts as a drop-in replacement for |
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| Learning to use Boost.Flyweight can be accomplished in a matter of minutes. |
| When special needs arise, however, an extensive customization interface |
| is provided which allows the user to control and extend the following aspects: |
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| <li>Type tagging for separation of domains using the same basic |
| flyweight types.</li> |
| <li>Specification and parameterization of the so-called flyweight |
| factory.</li> |
| <li>Control of the factory instantiation procedure.</li> |
| <li>Specification of the internal synchronization mechanisms.</li> |
| <li>Flyweight tracking, allowing for the disposal of stored |
| values when no longer referenced by any flyweight object.</li> |
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| <li><a href="release_notes.html">Release notes</a></li> |
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| <p>Revised September 3rd 2008</p> |
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| <p>© Copyright 2006-2008 Joaquín M López Muñoz. |
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