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package org.apache.jackrabbit.jcr2spi.config;

/**
 * CacheBehaviour defines constants for the various cache
 * maintenance strategies. The effective strategy depends on two factors,
 * whether the repository implementation supports observation and the behaviour
 * provided in the {@link RepositoryConfig}.
 */
public final class CacheBehaviour {

    /**
     * Cache maintenance is done by invalidating affected items of an operation
     * and forcing the jcr2spi implementation to reload the item states when
     * they are accessed next time. No event listener is used for cache
     * maintenance even though the repository implementation might support
     * observation.
     */
    public static final CacheBehaviour INVALIDATE = new CacheBehaviour();

    /**
     * Cache maintenance is done using events from the repository. After an
     * operation has been executed on the RepositoryService events are retrieved
     * from the repository and the cache is updated based on the returned
     * events. This strategy requires that the repository implementation
     * supports observation.
     */
    public static final CacheBehaviour OBSERVATION = new CacheBehaviour();

    private CacheBehaviour() {
    }
}