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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.
*
*
* public MyCache(final String id) {
* if (id == null) {
* throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cache instances require an ID");
* }
* this.id = id;
* initialize();
* }
*
*
* @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();
}