org.wildfly.clustering.infinispan.spi.persistence

Interface KeyFormat<K>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BinaryKeyFormat, DelimitedKeyFormat, SimpleKeyFormat

public interface KeyFormat<K>

Formats a cache key to a string representation and back again.

Author:

Paul Ferraro

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	format(K key) Formats the specified key to a string representation.
Class<K>	getTargetClass() The implementation class of the target key of this format.
K	parse(String value) Parses the key from the specified string.

Method Detail

getTargetClass

Class<K> getTargetClass()

The implementation class of the target key of this format.

Returns:

an implementation class

parse

K parse(String value)

Parses the key from the specified string.

Parameters:

value - a string representation of the key

Returns:

the parsed key

format

String format(K key)

Formats the specified key to a string representation.

Parameters:

key - a key to format

Returns:

a string representation of the specified key.