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+package schule.ngb.zm.util;
+
+import java.lang.ref.SoftReference;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public class SoftCache<K, V> implements Map<K, V> {
+
+	private final Map<K, SoftReference<V>> cache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+	private final SoftReference<V> NOCACHE = new SoftReference<>(null);
+
+	public SoftCache() {
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int size() {
+		return cache.size();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isEmpty() {
+		return cache.isEmpty();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean containsKey( Object key ) {
+		return cache.containsKey(key) && cache.get(key).get() != null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean containsValue( Object value ) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	private boolean containsRef( Object key ) {
+		return cache.containsKey(key);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public V get( Object key ) {
+		if( cache.containsKey(key) ) {
+			return cache.get(key).get();
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public void nocache( K key ) {
+		cache.put(key, NOCACHE);
+	}
+
+	public boolean isNocache( K key ) {
+		return cache.get(key) == NOCACHE;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public V put( K key, V value ) {
+		if( !isNocache(key) ) {
+			V prev = remove(key);
+			cache.put(key, new SoftReference<>(value));
+			return prev;
+		} else {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public V remove( Object key ) {
+		SoftReference<V> ref = cache.get(key);
+		cache.remove(key);
+
+		V prev = null;
+		if( ref != null ) {
+			prev = ref.get();
+			ref.clear();
+		}
+		return prev;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void putAll( Map<? extends K, ? extends V> m ) {
+		for( Entry<? extends K, ? extends V> e : m.entrySet() ) {
+			put(e.getKey(), e.getValue());
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void clear() {
+		cache.clear();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<K> keySet() {
+		return cache.keySet();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Collection<V> values() {
+		return cache.values().stream()
+			.filter(( ref ) -> ref.get() != null)
+			.map(( ref ) -> ref.get())
+			.collect(Collectors.toList());
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<Entry<K, V>> entrySet() {
+		return cache.entrySet().stream()
+			.filter(( e ) -> e.getValue() != null && e.getValue().get() != null)
+			.map(( e ) -> new SoftCacheEntryView(e.getKey()))
+			.collect(Collectors.toSet());
+	}
+
+	private final class SoftCacheEntryView implements Map.Entry<K, V> {
+
+		private K key;
+
+		public SoftCacheEntryView( K key ) {
+			this.key = key;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public K getKey() {
+			return key;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public V getValue() {
+			return SoftCache.this.get(key);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public V setValue( V value ) {
+			return SoftCache.this.put(key, value);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}