Large data structure optimisation

> I have a data structure:

>

> List<Map><Comparable, Map><Comparable, short[]>>>

>

> Which is weighing in at around 2 gigs or so, the

> keyset at both levels of map is around 4000 entries.

> The comparable's are generally Strings with length of

> about 10. I'm looking for ideas for reducing the

> memory usage of the structure, with creation

> performance being relevant but not critical.

>

> Message was edited by:

> MarkW5

> out the formatting of the generics I couldn't make it

> work better.

it's better to use a database (i think)

alexpallarsa at 2007-7-12 2:42:20 >