org.apache.cocoon.caching
Interface Cache

public interface Cache

This is the Cocoon cache. This component is responsible for storing and retrieving cached responses. It can be used to monitor the cache or to investigate which responses are cached etc. This interface will grow!

Since:

2.1

Version:

$Id: Cache.html 1304280 2012-03-23 11:18:01Z ilgrosso $

Field Summary

static String

ROLE The Avalon Role

Method Summary

void	clear() clear cache of all cached responses
boolean	containsKey(Serializable key) See if a response is cached under this key.
CachedResponse	get(Serializable key) Get a cached response.
void	remove(Serializable key) Remove a cached response.
void	store(Serializable key, CachedResponse response) Store a cached response

Field Detail

ROLE

public static final String ROLE

The Avalon Role

Method Detail

store

public void store(Serializable key,
                  CachedResponse response)
           throws ProcessingException

Store a cached response

Parameters:

key - the key used by the caching algorithm to identify the request

response - the cached response

Throws:

ProcessingException

get

public CachedResponse get(Serializable key)

Get a cached response. If it is not available null is returned.

Parameters:

key - the key used by the caching algorithm to identify the request

remove

public void remove(Serializable key)

Remove a cached response. If it is not available no operation is performed.

Parameters:

key - the key used by the caching algorithm to identify the request

clear

public void clear()

clear cache of all cached responses

containsKey

public boolean containsKey(Serializable key)

See if a response is cached under this key.