org.tbee.cache.simple
Interface Cache<K,V>

All Superinterfaces:

Map<K,V>

All Known Implementing Classes:

LeastRecentlyUsedCache, LifespanCache, TimeoutCache

public interface Cache<K,V>
extends Map<K,V>

This is the main interface for this package. All available caches implement this interface, so after instantiation they are exchangable.

The available caches are:
- HashMapCache: HashMap alike, does not automatically clean up entries.
- LeastRecentlyUsedCache: the number of items in the cache has a maximum, if a new item is added, the one longest not accessed is removed to make room for the new item.
- TimeoutCache: if an entry is not accessed for more than X time, it is removed from the cache.
- LifspanCache: slightly different from TimeoutCache; if an entry has been in the cache for more then X time, it is removed, regardless when it was last accessed.

The CacheListeners are both RemoveListeners (an item is removed from cache) and FinalizeListeners (an item is finalized).

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $

Author:

$Author: tom $

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface java.util.Map

Map.Entry<K,V>

Method Summary

void	addAssociation(Object association)
void	addCacheListener(CacheListener pCacheListener)
String	getName()
void	removeCacheListener(CacheListener pCacheListener)
void	removeValue(Object pValue)
void	setName(String pName)

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

clear, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keySet, put, putAll, remove, size, values

Method Detail

addAssociation

void addAssociation(Object association)

addCacheListener

void addCacheListener(CacheListener pCacheListener)

getName

String getName()

removeCacheListener

void removeCacheListener(CacheListener pCacheListener)

removeValue

void removeValue(Object pValue)

setName

void setName(String pName)