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								title: Object Pool
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								folder: object-pool
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								permalink: /patterns/object-pool/
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								categories: Creational
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								 - Java
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								 - Difficulty-Beginner
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								 - Performance
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								**Intent:** When objects are expensive to create and they are needed only for
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								short periods of time it is advantageous to utilize the Object Pool pattern.
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								The Object Pool provides a cache for instantiated objects tracking which ones
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								**Applicability:** Use the Object Pool pattern when
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								* the objects are expensive to create (allocation cost)
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								* you need a large number of short-lived objects (memory fragmentation)
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