org.thymeleaf.cache
Interface ICache<K,V>

Type Parameters:

K - the type of the cache keys

V - the type of the cache values

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandardCache

public interface ICache<K,V>

Common interface for all the cache objects used by the template engine.

This is the interface that must be implemented by all cache objects managed by ICacheManager implementations.

Since:

2.0.0

Author:

Daniel Fernández

Method Summary

void	clear() Clear the entire cache.
void	clearKey(K key) Clears a specific entry in the cache.
V	get(K key) Retrieve a value from the cache.
V	get(K key, ICacheEntryValidityChecker<? super K,? super V> validityChecker) Retrieve a value from the cache, using the specified validity checker to ensure the entry is still valid.
void	put(K key, V value) Insert a new value into the cache.

Method Detail

put

void put(K key,
         V value)

Insert a new value into the cache.

Parameters:

key - the key of the new entry

value - the value to be cached

get

V get(K key)

Retrieve a value from the cache.

Parameters:

key - the key of the value to be retrieved

Returns:

the retrieved value, or null if no value exists for the specified key.

get

V get(K key,
      ICacheEntryValidityChecker<? super K,? super V> validityChecker)

Retrieve a value from the cache, using the specified validity checker to ensure the entry is still valid. If the cache already has a default validity checker, this method should override this setting and use the one specified instead.

Parameters:

key - the key of the value to be retrieved

validityChecker - the validity checker to be used to ensure the entry is still valid.

Returns:

the retrieved value, or null if no value exists for the specified key.

clear

void clear()

Clear the entire cache.

clearKey

void clearKey(K key)

Clears a specific entry in the cache.

Parameters:

key - the key of the entry to be cleared.