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-/*
- * Copyright 2005 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.wamblee.cache;
-
-import java.io.Serializable;
-
-/**
- * The <code>Cache</code> interface represents... a cache.
- * In some circumstances it is more optimal to implement caching directly in
- * the code instead of relying on Hibernate caching methods. This interface abstracts
- * from the used cache implementation.
- * Cache implementations must be thread-safe.
- */
-public interface Cache<KeyType extends Serializable, ValueType extends Serializable> {
-
- /**
- * Adds a key-value pair to the cache.
- * @param aKey Key.
- * @param aValue Value.
- */
- void put(KeyType aKey, ValueType aValue);
-
- /**
- * Retrieves a value from the cache.
- * @param aKey Key to retrieve.
- * @return Key.
- */
- ValueType get(KeyType aKey);
-
- /**
- * Removes an entry from the cache.
- * @param aKey Key to remove the entry for.
- */
- void remove(KeyType aKey);
-
- /**
- * Removes all entries from the cache.
- *
- */
- void clear();
-}