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<h1><img src="../../../boost.png" alt="Boost logo" align=
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"middle" width="277" height="86">Boost Flyweight Library</h1>
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Flyweights are small-sized handle classes granting constant access to shared
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common data, thus allowing for the management of large amounts of entities
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within reasonable memory limits. Boost.Flyweight makes it easy to use this
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common programming idiom by providing the class template
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<code>flyweight<T></code>, which acts as a drop-in replacement for
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<code>const T</code>.
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Learning to use Boost.Flyweight can be accomplished in a matter of minutes.
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When special needs arise, however, an extensive customization interface
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is provided which allows the user to control and extend the following aspects:
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<ul>
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<li>Type tagging for separation of domains using the same basic
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flyweight types.</li>
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<li>Specification and parameterization of the so-called flyweight
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factory.</li>
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<li>Control of the factory instantiation procedure.</li>
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<li>Specification of the internal synchronization mechanisms.</li>
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<li>Flyweight tracking, allowing for the disposal of stored
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values when no longer referenced by any flyweight object.</li>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<li><a href="tutorial/index.html">Tutorial</a></li>
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<li><a href="reference/index.html">Reference</a></li>
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<li><a href="performance.html">Performance</a></li>
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<li><a href="examples.html">Examples</a></li>
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<li><a href="tests.html">Tests</a></li>
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<li><a href="future_work.html">Future work</a></li>
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<li><a href="release_notes.html">Release notes</a></li>
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<li><a href="acknowledgements.html">Acknowledgements</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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Distributed under the Boost Software
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License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file <a href="../../../LICENSE_1_0.txt">
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LICENSE_1_0.txt</a> or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">
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http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)
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