org.jasig.portal.concurrency
Interface IEntityCache

All Known Implementing Classes:

ReferenceEntityCache, ReferenceInvalidatingEntityCache

public interface IEntityCache

Defines the api for a cache that caches IBasicEntities of a single type.

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Author:

Dan Ellentuck

Method Summary

void	add(IBasicEntity entity)
void	cleanupCache() Purge stale entries from the cache.
void	clearCache() Remove all entries from the cache.
IBasicEntity	get(java.lang.String key)
java.lang.Class	getEntityType()
void	remove(java.lang.String entityKey)
int	size() Answers the number of entries in the cache.
void	update(IBasicEntity entity)

Method Detail

add

void add(IBasicEntity entity)
         throws CachingException

Parameters:

entity - - the entity to be cached.

Throws:

CachingException

cleanupCache

void cleanupCache()
                  throws CachingException

Purge stale entries from the cache.

Throws:

CachingException

clearCache

void clearCache()
                throws CachingException

Remove all entries from the cache.

Throws:

CachingException

get

IBasicEntity get(java.lang.String key)

Parameters:

key - the key of the entity.

Returns:

org.jasig.portal.concurrency.IBasicEntity

getEntityType

java.lang.Class getEntityType()

Returns:

java.lang.Class

See Also:

for known types.

remove

void remove(java.lang.String entityKey)
            throws CachingException

Parameters:

entityKey - - the key of the entity to be un-cached.

Throws:

CachingException

size

int size()

Answers the number of entries in the cache.

update

void update(IBasicEntity entity)
            throws CachingException

Parameters:

entity - - the entity to be updated in the cache.

Throws:

CachingException