/* * 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 org.apache.log4j.Logger; import java.io.Serializable; /** * Represents a cached object. The object is either retrieved from the * cache if the cache has it, or a call back is invoked to get the object (and * put it in the cache). * * @author Erik Brakkee * * @param DOCUMENT ME! * @param DOCUMENT ME! */ public class CachedObject { /** * DOCUMENT ME! */ private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(CachedObject.class); /** * Cache to use. */ private Cache cache; /** * Key of the object in the cache. */ private KeyType objectKey; /** * Computation used to obtain the object if it is not found in the * cache. */ private Computation computation; /** * Constructs the cached object. * * @param aCache * Cache to use. * @param aObjectKey * Key of the object in the cache. * @param aComputation * Computation to get the object in case the object is not in the * cache. */ public CachedObject(Cache aCache, KeyType aObjectKey, Computation aComputation) { cache = aCache; objectKey = aObjectKey; computation = aComputation; } /** * Gets the object. Since the object is cached, different calls to * this method may return different objects. * * @return Object. */ public ValueType get() { ValueType object = (ValueType) cache.get(objectKey); // the used // cache is // thread safe. if (object == null) { // synchronize the computation to make sure that the object is only // computed // once when multiple concurrent threads detect that the entry must // be // recomputed. synchronized (this) { object = (ValueType) cache.get(objectKey); if (object == null) { // No other thread did a recomputation so we must do this // now. LOGGER.debug("Refreshing cache for '" + objectKey + "'"); object = computation.getObject(objectKey); cache.put(objectKey, object); } } } return object; } /** * Invalidates the cache for the object so that it is recomputed * the next time it is requested. */ public void invalidate() { cache.remove(objectKey); } /** * Gets the cache. * * @return Cache. */ public Cache getCache() { return cache; } /** * Callback invoked to compute an object if it was not found in the cache. * * @param * Type of the object */ public static interface Computation { /** * Gets the object. Called when the object is not in the * cache. * * @param aObjectKey Id of the object in the cache. * * @return Object, must be non-null. */ Value getObject(Key aObjectKey); } }