org.hibernate.cache

Interface Cache

All Known Subinterfaces:

OptimisticCache

All Known Implementing Classes:

EhCache, HashtableCache

Deprecated.

As of 3.3; see for details.

public interface Cache

Implementors define a caching algorithm. All implementors must be threadsafe.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	clear() Deprecated. Clear the cache
void	destroy() Deprecated. Clean up
Object	get(Object key) Deprecated. Get an item from the cache, nontransactionally
long	getElementCountInMemory() Deprecated. The count of entries currently contained in the regions in-memory store.
long	getElementCountOnDisk() Deprecated. The count of entries currently contained in the regions disk store.
String	getRegionName() Deprecated. Get the name of the cache region
long	getSizeInMemory() Deprecated. The number of bytes is this cache region currently consuming in memory.
int	getTimeout() Deprecated. Get a reasonable "lock timeout"
void	lock(Object key) Deprecated. If this is a clustered cache, lock the item
long	nextTimestamp() Deprecated. Generate a timestamp
void	put(Object key, Object value) Deprecated. Add an item to the cache, nontransactionally, with failfast semantics
Object	read(Object key) Deprecated. Get an item from the cache
void	remove(Object key) Deprecated. Remove an item from the cache
Map	toMap() Deprecated. optional operation
void	unlock(Object key) Deprecated. If this is a clustered cache, unlock the item
void	update(Object key, Object value) Deprecated. Add an item to the cache

Method Detail

read

Object read(Object key)
     throws CacheException

Deprecated.

Get an item from the cache

Parameters:

key -

Returns:

the cached object or null

Throws:

CacheException

get

Object get(Object key)
    throws CacheException

Deprecated.

Get an item from the cache, nontransactionally

Parameters:

key -

Returns:

the cached object or null

Throws:

CacheException

put

void put(Object key,
         Object value)
  throws CacheException

Deprecated.

Add an item to the cache, nontransactionally, with failfast semantics

Parameters:

key -

value -

Throws:

CacheException

update

void update(Object key,
            Object value)
     throws CacheException

Deprecated.

Add an item to the cache

Parameters:

key -

value -

Throws:

CacheException

remove

void remove(Object key)
     throws CacheException

Deprecated.

Remove an item from the cache

Throws:

CacheException

clear

void clear()
    throws CacheException

Deprecated.

Clear the cache

Throws:

CacheException

destroy

void destroy()
      throws CacheException

Deprecated.

Clean up

Throws:

CacheException

lock

void lock(Object key)
   throws CacheException

Deprecated.

If this is a clustered cache, lock the item

Throws:

CacheException

unlock

void unlock(Object key)
     throws CacheException

Deprecated.

If this is a clustered cache, unlock the item

Throws:

CacheException

nextTimestamp

long nextTimestamp()

Deprecated.

Generate a timestamp

getTimeout

int getTimeout()

Deprecated.

Get a reasonable "lock timeout"

getRegionName

String getRegionName()

Deprecated.

Get the name of the cache region

getSizeInMemory

long getSizeInMemory()

Deprecated.

The number of bytes is this cache region currently consuming in memory.

Returns:

The number of bytes consumed by this region; -1 if unknown or unsupported.

getElementCountInMemory

long getElementCountInMemory()

Deprecated.

The count of entries currently contained in the regions in-memory store.

Returns:

The count of entries in memory; -1 if unknown or unsupported.

getElementCountOnDisk

long getElementCountOnDisk()

Deprecated.

The count of entries currently contained in the regions disk store.

Returns:

The count of entries on disk; -1 if unknown or unsupported.

toMap

Map toMap()

Deprecated.

optional operation