ch.elexis.data.cache
Interface IPersistentObjectCache<K>

All Known Implementing Classes:

SoftCache

public interface IPersistentObjectCache<K>

Method Summary

void	clear()
java.lang.Object	get(K key) retrieve a previously inserted object
void	purge() Expire and remove all Objects (without removing the SoftReferences, to avoid ConcurrentModificationExceptions)
void	put(K key, java.lang.Object object, int timeToCacheInSeconds) Insert an Object that will stay until it is manually removed, or memory gets low, or at most for ICacheable#getCacheTime seconds
void	remove(K key)
void	reset() completely delete cache
void	stat() write statistics to log

Method Detail

put

void put(K key,
         java.lang.Object object,
         int timeToCacheInSeconds)

Insert an Object that will stay until it is manually removed, or memory gets low, or at most for ICacheable#getCacheTime seconds

get

java.lang.Object get(K key)

retrieve a previously inserted object

Returns:

the object or null, if the object was expired or removed bei the garbage collector.

remove

void remove(K key)

clear

void clear()

stat

void stat()

write statistics to log

purge

void purge()

Expire and remove all Objects (without removing the SoftReferences, to avoid ConcurrentModificationExceptions)

reset

void reset()

completely delete cache