package org.exist.storage;

import org.exist.storage.cache.Cache;

/*
*  eXist Open Source Native XML Database
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public interface CacheManager {

    public final static String BTREE_CACHE = "BTREE";
    public final static String DATA_CACHE = "DATA";
    
    /**
     * Register a cache, i.e. put it under control of
     * the cache manager.
     *
     * @param cache
     */
    void registerCache(Cache cache);

    void deregisterCache(Cache cache);

    /**
     * Called by a cache if it wants to grow. The cache manager
     * will either deny the request, for example, if there are no spare
     * pages left, or calculate a new cache size and call the cache's
     * {@link org.exist.storage.cache.Cache#resize(int)} method to resize the cache. The amount
     * of pages by which the cache will grow is determined by the cache's
     * growthFactor: {@link org.exist.storage.cache.Cache#getGrowthFactor()}.
     *
     * @param cache
     * @return new cache size, or -1 if no free pages available.
     */
    int requestMem(Cache cache);

    /**
     * Called from the global major sync event to check if caches can
     * be shrinked.
     *
     * If shrinked, the cache will be reset to the default initial cache size.
     */
    void checkCaches();

    /**
     * Called from the global minor sync event to check if a smaller
     * cache wants to be resized. If a huge cache is availabe, the method
     * might decide to shrink this cache by a certain amount to make
     * room for the smaller cache to grow.
     */
    void checkDistribution();

    long getMaxTotal();

    long getMaxSingle();

    long getCurrentSize();
}