Cache.java

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package org.apache.ibatis.cache;

import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock;

/**
 * SPI for cache providers.
 * 
 * One instance of cache will be created for each namespace.
 * 
 * The cache implementation must have a constructor that receives the cache id as an String parameter.
 * 
 * MyBatis will pass the namespace as id to the constructor.
 * 
 * <pre>
 * public MyCache(final String id) {
 *  if (id == null) {
 *    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cache instances require an ID");
 *  }
 *  this.id = id;
 *  initialize();
 * }
 * </pre>
 *
 * @author Clinton Begin
 */

public interface Cache {

  /**
   * @return The identifier of this cache
   */
  String getId();

  /**
   * @param key Can be any object but usually it is a {@link CacheKey}
   * @param value The result of a select.
   */
  void putObject(Object key, Object value);

  /**
   * @param key The key
   * @return The object stored in the cache.
   */
  Object getObject(Object key);

  /**
   * As of 3.3.0 this method is only called during a rollback 
   * for any previous value that was missing in the cache.
   * This lets any blocking cache to release the lock that 
   * may have previously put on the key.
   * A blocking cache puts a lock when a value is null 
   * and releases it when the value is back again.
   * This way other threads will wait for the value to be 
   * available instead of hitting the database.
   *
   * 
   * @param key The key
   * @return Not used
   */
  Object removeObject(Object key);

  /**
   * Clears this cache instance
   */  
  void clear();

  /**
   * Optional. This method is not called by the core.
   * 
   * @return The number of elements stored in the cache (not its capacity).
   */
  int getSize();
  
  /** 
   * Optional. As of 3.2.6 this method is no longer called by the core.
   *  
   * Any locking needed by the cache must be provided internally by the cache provider.
   * 
   * @return A ReadWriteLock 
   */
  ReadWriteLock getReadWriteLock();

}