Pool (computer science)

<h2 id="object-pools">Object pools</h2>
<p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Object_pool_pattern/bjCz67kC">Object pool pattern</a></p>
<p>Pools can also be used for objects, in which context a <i>pool</i> refers to a <a href="/facts/Design_pattern/bHvkoxsu">design pattern</a> for implementing pools in <a href="/facts/Object-oriented_language/TxNMEcao">object-oriented languages</a>, such as in the <a href="/facts/Object_pool_pattern/bjCz67kC">object pool pattern</a>. Objects themselves hold no external resources and only occupy memory, although an already created object avoids the memory allocation required on object creation.  Object pools are useful when the cost of <a href="/facts/Object_creation/QgCnhNlf">object creation</a> is high, but in certain situations this simple object pooling may not be efficient and could in fact decrease performance.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Java theory and practice: Urban performance legends, revisited". ibm.com. 2005-09-27. Archived from the original on 2011-12-29. Retrieved 2013-10-31. <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-jtp09275/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-jtp09275/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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