/**

 * Cache to support the object identity semantics of autoboxing for values between

 * -128 and 127 (inclusive) as required by JLS.

 *

 * The cache is initialized on first usage.  The size of the cache

 * may be controlled by the {@code -XX:AutoBoxCacheMax=<size>} option.

 * During VM initialization, java.lang.Integer.IntegerCache.high property

 * may be set and saved in the private system properties in the

 * sun.misc.VM class.

 */

private static class IntegerCache {

    static final int low = -128;

    static final int high;

    static final Integer cache[];

    static {

        // high value may be configured by property

        int h = 127;

        String integerCacheHighPropValue =

            sun.misc.VM.getSavedProperty("java.lang.Integer.IntegerCache.high");

        if (integerCacheHighPropValue != null) {

            try {

                int i = parseInt(integerCacheHighPropValue);

                i = Math.max(i, 127);

                // Maximum array size is Integer.MAX_VALUE

                h = Math.min(i, Integer.MAX_VALUE - (-low) -1);

            } catch( NumberFormatException nfe) {

                // If the property cannot be parsed into an int, ignore it.

            }

        }

        high = h;

        cache = new Integer[(high - low) + 1];

        int j = low;

        for(int k = 0; k < cache.length; k++)

            cache[k] = new Integer(j++);

        // range [-128, 127] must be interned (JLS7 5.1.7)

        assert IntegerCache.high >= 127;

    }

    private IntegerCache() {}

}