--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/artifacts-common/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/artifacts/common/utils/LRUCache.java	Thu Apr 25 10:53:15 2013 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package de.intevation.artifacts.common.utils;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+
+public class LRUCache<K, V>
+extends      LinkedHashMap<K, V>
+{
+    public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_CAPACITY = 25;
+
+    private int maxCapacity;
+
+    public LRUCache() {
+        this(DEFAULT_MAX_CAPACITY);
+    }
+
+    public LRUCache(int maxCapacity) {
+        this.maxCapacity = maxCapacity;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean removeEldestEntry(Map.Entry<K, V> eldest) {
+        return size() > maxCapacity;
+    }
+}
+// vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8 :