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2    *    Copyright 2009-2015 the original author or authors.
3    *
4    *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    *    You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    *
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9    *
10   *    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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13   *    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   *    limitations under the License.
15   */
16  package org.apache.ibatis.cache;
17  
18  import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock;
19  
20  /**
21   * SPI for cache providers.
22   * 
23   * One instance of cache will be created for each namespace.
24   * 
25   * The cache implementation must have a constructor that receives the cache id as an String parameter.
26   * 
27   * MyBatis will pass the namespace as id to the constructor.
28   * 
29   * <pre>
30   * public MyCache(final String id) {
31   *  if (id == null) {
32   *    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cache instances require an ID");
33   *  }
34   *  this.id = id;
35   *  initialize();
36   * }
37   * </pre>
38   *
39   * @author Clinton Begin
40   */
41  
42  public interface Cache {
43  
44    /**
45     * @return The identifier of this cache
46     */
47    String getId();
48  
49    /**
50     * @param key Can be any object but usually it is a {@link CacheKey}
51     * @param value The result of a select.
52     */
53    void putObject(Object key, Object value);
54  
55    /**
56     * @param key The key
57     * @return The object stored in the cache.
58     */
59    Object getObject(Object key);
60  
61    /**
62     * As of 3.3.0 this method is only called during a rollback 
63     * for any previous value that was missing in the cache.
64     * This lets any blocking cache to release the lock that 
65     * may have previously put on the key.
66     * A blocking cache puts a lock when a value is null 
67     * and releases it when the value is back again.
68     * This way other threads will wait for the value to be 
69     * available instead of hitting the database.
70     *
71     * 
72     * @param key The key
73     * @return Not used
74     */
75    Object removeObject(Object key);
76  
77    /**
78     * Clears this cache instance
79     */  
80    void clear();
81  
82    /**
83     * Optional. This method is not called by the core.
84     * 
85     * @return The number of elements stored in the cache (not its capacity).
86     */
87    int getSize();
88    
89    /** 
90     * Optional. As of 3.2.6 this method is no longer called by the core.
91     *  
92     * Any locking needed by the cache must be provided internally by the cache provider.
93     * 
94     * @return A ReadWriteLock 
95     */
96    ReadWriteLock getReadWriteLock();
97  
98  }