/*
 * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
 *
 * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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package common.net.util;

import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;

/**
 * Key which can be used to access {@link Attribute} out of the {@link AttributeMap}. Be aware that it is not be
 * possible to have multiple keys with the same name.
 *
 *
 * @param <T>   the type of the {@link Attribute} which can be accessed via this {@link AttributeKey}.
 */
 // 'T' is used only at compile time
public final class AttributeKey<T> extends UniqueName {

    private static final ConcurrentMap<String, Boolean> names = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Boolean>();

    /**
     * Creates a new {@link AttributeKey} with the specified {@code name}.
     */
    
    public static <T> AttributeKey<T> valueOf(String name) {
        return new AttributeKey<T>(name);
    }

    private AttributeKey(String name) {
        super(names, name);
    }
}
