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package org.hibernate;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Provides an API for querying/managing the second level cache regions.
*
* CAUTION: None of these methods respect any isolation or transactional
* semantics associated with the underlying caches. Specifically, evictions
* perform an immediate "hard" removal outside any transactions and/or locking
* scheme(s).
*
* @author Steve Ebersole
*/
public interface Cache {
/**
* Determine whether the cache contains data for the given entity "instance".
*
* The semantic here is whether the cache contains data visible for the
* current call context.
*
* @param entityClass The entity class.
* @param identifier The entity identifier
*
* @return True if the underlying cache contains corresponding data; false
* otherwise.
*/
public boolean containsEntity(Class entityClass, Serializable identifier);
/**
* Determine whether the cache contains data for the given entity "instance".
*
* The semantic here is whether the cache contains data visible for the
* current call context.
*
* @param entityName The entity name.
* @param identifier The entity identifier
*
* @return True if the underlying cache contains corresponding data; false otherwise.
*/
public boolean containsEntity(String entityName, Serializable identifier);
/**
* Evicts the entity data for a particular entity "instance".
*
* @param entityClass The entity class.
* @param identifier The entity identifier
*/
public void evictEntity(Class entityClass, Serializable identifier);
/**
* Evicts the entity data for a particular entity "instance".
*
* @param entityName The entity name.
* @param identifier The entity identifier
*/
public void evictEntity(String entityName, Serializable identifier);
/**
* Evicts all entity data from the given region (i.e. for all entities of
* type).
*
* @param entityClass The entity class.
*/
public void evictEntityRegion(Class entityClass);
/**
* Evicts all entity data from the given region (i.e. for all entities of
* type).
*
* @param entityName The entity name.
*/
public void evictEntityRegion(String entityName);
/**
* Evict data from all entity regions.
*/
public void evictEntityRegions();
/**
* Determine whether the cache contains data for the given collection.
*
* The semantic here is whether the cache contains data visible for the
* current call context.
*
* @param role The name of the collection role (in form
* [owner-entity-name].[collection-property-name]) whose regions should be
* evicted.
* @param ownerIdentifier The identifier of the owning entity
*
* @return True if the underlying cache contains corresponding data; false otherwise.
*/
public boolean containsCollection(String role, Serializable ownerIdentifier);
/**
* Evicts the cache data for the given identified collection instance.
*
* @param role The "collection role" (in form [owner-entity-name].[collection-property-name]).
* @param ownerIdentifier The identifier of the owning entity
*/
public void evictCollection(String role, Serializable ownerIdentifier);
/**
* Evicts all entity data from the given region (i.e. evicts cached data
* for all of the specified c9ollection role).
*
* @param role The "collection role" (in form [owner-entity-name].[collection-property-name]).
*/
public void evictCollectionRegion(String role);
/**
* Evict data from all collection regions.
*/
public void evictCollectionRegions();
/**
* Determine whether the cache contains data for the given query.
*
* The semantic here is whether the cache contains any data for the given
* region name since query result caches are not transactionally isolated.
*
* @param regionName The cache name given to the query.
*
* @return True if the underlying cache contains corresponding data; false otherwise.
*/
public boolean containsQuery(String regionName);
/**
* Evicts all cached query results from the default region.
*/
public void evictDefaultQueryRegion();
/**
* Evicts all cached query results under the given name.
*
* @param regionName The cache name associated to the queries being cached.
*/
public void evictQueryRegion(String regionName);
/**
* Evict data from all query regions.
*/
public void evictQueryRegions();
}