Package com.helger.commons.cache

Interface IMutableCache<KEYTYPE,VALUETYPE>

Type Parameters:

KEYTYPE - Cache key type.

VALUETYPE - Cache value type.

All Superinterfaces:

ICache<KEYTYPE,VALUETYPE>, IHasName, IHasSize

All Known Implementing Classes:

Cache, DateTimeFormatterCache, MappedCache, PDTFormatter.LocalizedDateFormatCache, RegExCache

public interface IMutableCache<KEYTYPE,VALUETYPE>
extends ICache<KEYTYPE,VALUETYPE>

Interface for a very simple Map-like cache.

Author:

Philip Helger

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
EChange	clearCache()	Remove all cached elements.
EChange	removeFromCache(KEYTYPE aKey)	Remove the given key from the cache.

Methods inherited from interface com.helger.commons.cache.ICache

getFromCache

Methods inherited from interface com.helger.commons.name.IHasName

getName

Methods inherited from interface com.helger.commons.lang.IHasSize

isEmpty, isNotEmpty, size

Method Details

removeFromCache

@Nonnull
EChange removeFromCache(KEYTYPE aKey)

Remove the given key from the cache.

Parameters:

aKey - The key to be removed. May be nullable or not - depends upon the implementation.

Returns:

EChange.CHANGED upon success, EChange.UNCHANGED if the key was not within the cache,

clearCache

@Nonnull
EChange clearCache()

Remove all cached elements.

Returns:

EChange.