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 * Copyright 2004,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
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package org.apache.bsf.util;

import java.util.Hashtable;

/**
 * An <code>ScriptSymbolTable</code> object is used by a <code>CodeBuffer</code>
 * object to implement nested scopes.
 * 
 * @author   Matthew J. Duftler
 */
class ScriptSymbolTable extends Hashtable
{
	private Hashtable parentTable;

	ScriptSymbolTable(Hashtable parentTable)
  {
  	this.parentTable = parentTable;
  }
  public synchronized Object get(Object key)
  {
  	Object ret = super.get(key);

  	if (ret == null && parentTable != null)
  	  ret = parentTable.get(key);

  	return ret;
  }
}