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+/*
+ *
+ *      $Id$
+ *
+ *      Author  Jeffrey O. Hill
+ *              johill@lanl.gov
+ *              505 665 1831
+ *
+ *      Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS)
+ *
+ *      Copyright 1991, the Regents of the University of California,
+ *      and the University of Chicago Board of Governors.
+ *
+ *      This software was produced under  U.S. Government contracts:
+ *      (W-7405-ENG-36) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory,
+ *      and (W-31-109-ENG-38) at Argonne National Laboratory.
+ *
+ *      Initial development by:
+ *              The Controls and Automation Group (AT-8)
+ *              Ground Test Accelerator
+ *              Accelerator Technology Division
+ *              Los Alamos National Laboratory
+ *
+ *      Co-developed with
+ *              The Controls and Computing Group
+ *              Accelerator Systems Division
+ *              Advanced Photon Source
+ *              Argonne National Laboratory
+ *
+ *
+ * History
+ * $Log$
+ *
+ *	NOTES:
+ *	.01 Storage for identifier must persist until an item is deleted
+ * 	.02 class T must derive from class ID and tsSLNode<T>
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCresourceLibcc
+#define INCresourceLibcc
+
+#include <math.h>
+
+//
+// resTable<T,ID>::init()
+//
+template <class T, class ID>
+int resTable<T,ID>::init(unsigned nHashTableEntries) 
+{
+	unsigned	nbits;
+
+	if (nHashTableEntries<1u) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	//
+	// count the number of bits in the hash index
+	//
+	for (nbits=0; nbits<resTableIndexBitWidth; nbits++) {
+		this->hashIdMask = (1<<nbits) - 1;
+		if ( ((nHashTableEntries-1) & ~this->hashIdMask) == 0){
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	this->hashIdNBits = nbits;
+	this->nInUse = 0u;
+	this->pTable = new tsSLList<T> [this->hashIdMask+1u];
+	if (!pTable) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+//
+// resTable<T,ID>::destroyAllEntries()
+//
+template <class T, class ID>
+void resTable<T,ID>::destroyAllEntries()
+{
+	tsSLList<T> *pList = this->pTable;
+
+	while (pList<&this->pTable[this->hashIdMask+1]) {
+		tsSLIter<T> iter(*pList);
+		T *pItem;
+		while ( (pItem = iter()) ) {
+			iter.remove();
+			delete pItem;
+			this->nInUse--;
+		}
+		pList++;
+	}
+}
+
+//
+// resTable<T,ID>::show
+//
+template <class T, class ID>
+void resTable<T,ID>::show (unsigned level)
+{
+	tsSLList<T> 	*pList;
+	double		X;
+	double		XX;
+	double		mean;
+	double		stdDev;
+	unsigned	maxEntries;
+
+	printf("resTable with %d resources installed\n", this->nInUse);
+
+	if (level >=1u) {
+		pList = this->pTable;
+		X = 0.0;
+		XX = 0.0;
+		maxEntries = 0;
+		while (pList < &this->pTable[this->hashIdMask+1]) {
+			unsigned count;
+			tsSLIter<T> iter(*pList);
+			T *pItem;
+
+			count = 0;
+			while ( (pItem = iter()) ) {
+				if (level >= 3u) {
+					pItem->show (level);
+				}
+				count++;
+			}
+			X += count;
+			XX += count*count;
+			if (count>maxEntries) {
+				maxEntries = count;
+			}
+			pList++;
+		}
+	 
+		mean = X/(this->hashIdMask+1);
+		stdDev = sqrt(XX/(this->hashIdMask+1)- mean*mean);
+		printf( 
+	"entries/table index - mean = %f std dev = %f max = %d\n",
+			mean, stdDev, maxEntries);
+	}
+}
+
+#endif // INCresourceLibcc
+