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package org.jboss.weld.util.cache;
/**
* A simple abstraction for computing cache.
*
* Implementations are not required to support recursive computations. A cache client must be aware that such computations may result in livelocks, infinite
* loops and other undesired situations.
*
* @author Martin Kouba
*/
public interface ComputingCache {
/**
*
* @param key
* @return the cache value
*/
V getValue(K key);
/**
*
* @param key
* @return the cache value cast to the required type
*/
T getCastValue(Object key);
/**
*
* @param key
* @return the cache value if present (i.e. no computation is performed)
*/
V getValueIfPresent(K key);
/**
*
* @return the size of the cache
*/
long size();
/**
* Remove all cache entries.
*/
void clear();
/**
* Invalidate the entry with the given key. No-op if no such entry exists.
*
* @param key
*/
void invalidate(Object key);
/**
*
* @return an immutable iterable of values
*/
Iterable getAllPresentValues();
}