org.jboss.seam.cache
Class CacheProvider<T>

java.lang.Object
  org.jboss.seam.cache.CacheProvider<T>

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractJBossCacheProvider, EhCacheProvider

public abstract class CacheProvider<T>
extends java.lang.Object

CacheProvider provides methods to control and manipulate the configured cache

Author:

Sebastian Hennebrueder, Pete Muir

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

DEFAULT_REGION the region name to be used if no region is specified

Constructor Summary

CacheProvider()

Method Summary

abstract void	clear() Removes all objects from all cache regions
java.lang.Object	get(java.lang.String key) Fetches an object for the given key from the cache and returns it if found.
<E> E	get(java.lang.String key, E type) Fetches an object for the given key from the cache and returns it if found.
abstract java.lang.Object	get(java.lang.String region, java.lang.String key) Fetches an object for the given key from the cache and returns it if found.
<E> E	get(java.lang.String region, java.lang.String key, E type) Fetches an object for the given key from the cache and returns it if found.
java.lang.String	getConfiguration() Get the configuration file used by the cache
protected java.io.InputStream	getConfigurationAsStream()
java.lang.String	getDefaultRegion()
abstract T	getDelegate()
static CacheProvider	instance()
static <T> CacheProvider<T>	instance(java.lang.Class<? extends T> type)
void	put(java.lang.String key, java.lang.Object object) Put an object into the cache.
abstract void	put(java.lang.String region, java.lang.String key, java.lang.Object object) Puts an object into the cache.
void	remove(java.lang.String key) Removes an object from the cache.
abstract void	remove(java.lang.String region, java.lang.String key) Removes an object from the cache.
void	setConfiguration(java.lang.String cfgResourceName) Set the configuration file to be used by the cache
void	setDefaultRegion(java.lang.String defaultRegion)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DEFAULT_REGION

public static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_REGION

the region name to be used if no region is specified

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

CacheProvider

public CacheProvider()

Method Detail

getDelegate

public abstract T getDelegate()

Returns:

- the cache the cache provider delegates to

getConfiguration

public java.lang.String getConfiguration()

Get the configuration file used by the cache

getConfigurationAsStream

protected java.io.InputStream getConfigurationAsStream()

setConfiguration

public void setConfiguration(java.lang.String cfgResourceName)

Set the configuration file to be used by the cache

get

public java.lang.Object get(java.lang.String key)

Fetches an object for the given key from the cache and returns it if found. Only the default cache region will be searched.

Parameters:

key - - a key to identify the object.

Returns:

- the object if found or null if not

get

public <E> E get(java.lang.String key,
                 E type)

Fetches an object for the given key from the cache and returns it if found. Only the default cache region will be searched.

Parameters:

key - - a key to identify the object.

type - - the type of the object to return

Returns:

- the object if found or null if not

get

public abstract java.lang.Object get(java.lang.String region,
                                     java.lang.String key)

Fetches an object for the given key from the cache and returns it if found. Only the specified cache region will be searched.

Parameters:

region - - the name of a cache region

key - - a key to identify the object.

Returns:

- the object if found or null if not

get

public <E> E get(java.lang.String region,
                 java.lang.String key,
                 E type)

Fetches an object for the given key from the cache and returns it if found. Only the specified cache region will be searched.

Parameters:

region - - the name of a cache region

key - - a key to identify the object.

type - - the type of object to return

Returns:

- the object if found or null if not

put

public void put(java.lang.String key,
                java.lang.Object object)

Put an object into the cache. The object is placed in the default cache region under the given key.

Parameters:

key - - a key to identify the object

object - - the object to be stored in the cache

put

public abstract void put(java.lang.String region,
                         java.lang.String key,
                         java.lang.Object object)

Puts an object into the cache. The object is placed in the specified cache region under the given key.

Parameters:

region - - the name of a cache region

key - - a key to identify the object

object - - the object to be stored in the cache

remove

public void remove(java.lang.String key)

Removes an object from the cache. The object is removed from the default cache region under the given key.

Parameters:

key - - a key to identify the object

remove

public abstract void remove(java.lang.String region,
                            java.lang.String key)

Removes an object from the cache. The object is removed from the specified cache region under the given key.

Parameters:

region - - the name of a cache region

key - - a key to identify the object

clear

public abstract void clear()

Removes all objects from all cache regions

getDefaultRegion

public java.lang.String getDefaultRegion()

setDefaultRegion

public void setDefaultRegion(java.lang.String defaultRegion)

instance

public static CacheProvider instance()

instance

public static <T> CacheProvider<T> instance(java.lang.Class<? extends T> type)