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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace MongoDB.Bson
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Represents the symbol table of BsonSymbols.
    /// </summary>
    public static class BsonSymbolTable
    {
        // private static fields
        private static object __staticLock = new object();
        private static Dictionary<string, BsonSymbol> __symbolTable = new Dictionary<string, BsonSymbol>();

        // public static methods
        /// <summary>
        /// Looks up a symbol (and creates a new one if necessary).
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name">The name of the symbol.</param>
        /// <returns>The symbol.</returns>
        public static BsonSymbol Lookup(string name)
        {
            if (name == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("name");
            }
            lock (__staticLock)
            {
                BsonSymbol symbol;
                if (!__symbolTable.TryGetValue(name, out symbol))
                {
                    symbol = new BsonSymbol(name);
                    __symbolTable[name] = symbol;
                }
                return symbol;
            }
        }
    }
}