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Cane is based on the coding behaviour analysis of data manipulation interface to allow coders are close to their habit of thinking of ways to manipulate the data. API definition for Cane.

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/**
 * Copyright 2013 CaneData.org
 * 
 * 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 org.canedata.cache;

/**
 * 
 * @author Yat-ton
 * @version 1.00.000 Sep 2, 2010 3:59:48 PM
 */
public interface Cache {
	/**
	 * 
	 * @param target
	 */
	public void cache(Cacheable target);
	
	/**
	 * Restore object from the cache by key.
	 * 
	 * @param key
	 * @return
	 */
	public  T restore(Object key);
	
	/**
	 *  Removes an Object from the Cache.
	 * @param key
	 */
	public void remove(Object key);

	/**
	 * If key of cacheable is effective in the cache.
	 * 
	 * @param key
	 * @return
	 */
	public boolean isAlive(Object key);
}