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/**
* Copyright 2003-2010 Terracotta, Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package net.sf.ehcache.writer;
import net.sf.ehcache.CacheEntry;
import net.sf.ehcache.CacheException;
import net.sf.ehcache.Ehcache;
import net.sf.ehcache.Element;
import java.util.Collection;
/**
* A CacheWriter is an interface used for write-through and write-behind caching to a underlying resource.
*
* If configured for a cache, CacheWriter's methods will be called on a cache operation. A cache put will cause a CacheWriter write
* and a cache remove will cause a writer delete.
*
* Implementers should create an implementation which handles storing and deleting to an underlying resource.
*
* Write-Through
* In write-through mode, the cache operation will occur and the writer operation will occur before CacheEventListeners are notified. If
* the write operation fails an exception will be thrown. This can result in a cache which is inconsistent with the underlying resource.
* To avoid this, the cache and the underlying resource should be configured to participate in a transaction. In the event of a failure
* a rollback can return all components to a consistent state.
*
* Write-Behind
* In write-behind mode, writes are written to a write-behind queue. They are written by a separate execution thread in a configurable
* way. When used with Terracotta Server Array, the queue is highly available. In addition any node in the cluster may perform the
* write-behind operations.
*
* It's important to note that the operations that are handled by the {@code CacheWriter} don't have any guaranteed ordering in write-behind mode.
* The processing ordering can be different than the scheduling ordering, so your application needs to be written with this
* in mind. More information in the CacheWriter chapter of the documentation.
*
* Creation and Configuration
* CacheWriters can be created using the CacheWriterFactory or explicitly by instantiating them through Java code, giving
* you access to local resources.
*
* The manner upon which a CacheWriter is actually called is determined by the {@link net.sf.ehcache.config.CacheWriterConfiguration} that is set up for cache
* that is using the CacheWriter.
*
* See the CacheWriter chapter in the documentation for more information on how to use writers.
*
* @author Greg Luck
* @author Geert Bevin
* @version $Id: CacheWriter.java 2521 2010-06-23 10:53:48Z gbevin $
*/
public interface CacheWriter {
/**
* Creates a clone of this writer. This method will only be called by ehcache before a
* cache is initialized.
*
* Implementations should throw CloneNotSupportedException if they do not support clone
* but that will stop them from being used with defaultCache.
*
* @return a clone
* @throws CloneNotSupportedException if the extension could not be cloned.
*/
public CacheWriter clone(Ehcache cache) throws CloneNotSupportedException;
/**
* Notifies writer to initialise themselves.
*
* This method is called during the Cache's initialise method after it has changed it's
* status to alive. Cache operations are legal in this method. If you register a cache writer
* manually after a cache has been initialised already, this method will be called on the
* cache writer as soon as it has been registered.
*
* Note that if you reuse cache writer instances or create a factory that returns the
* same cache writer instance as a singleton, your init method should be able
* to handle that situation. Unless you perform this multiple usage of a cache writer yourself,
* Ehcache will not do this though. So in the majority of the use cases, you don't need to do
* anything special.
*
* @throws net.sf.ehcache.CacheException
*/
void init();
/**
* Providers may be doing all sorts of exotic things and need to be able to clean up on
* dispose.
*
* Cache operations are illegal when this method is called. The cache itself is partly
* disposed when this method is called.
*/
void dispose() throws CacheException;
/**
* Write the specified value under the specified key to the underlying store.
* This method is intended to support both key/value creation and value update for a specific key.
*
* @param element the element to be written
*/
void write(Element element) throws CacheException;
/**
* Write the specified Elements to the underlying store. This method is intended to support both insert and update.
* If this operation fails (by throwing an exception) after a partial success,
* the convention is that entries which have been written successfully are to be removed from the specified mapEntries,
* indicating that the write operation for the entries left in the map has failed or has not been attempted.
*
* @param elements the Elements to be written
*/
void writeAll(Collection elements) throws CacheException;
/**
* Delete the cache entry from the store
*
* @param entry the cache entry that is used for the delete operation
*/
void delete(CacheEntry entry) throws CacheException;
/**
* Remove data and keys from the underlying store for the given collection of keys, if present. If this operation fails
* (by throwing an exception) after a partial success, the convention is that keys which have been erased successfully
* are to be removed from the specified keys, indicating that the erase operation for the keys left in the collection
* has failed or has not been attempted.
*
* @param entries the entries that have been removed from the cache
*/
void deleteAll(Collection entries) throws CacheException;
}