Cache (philib 0.14.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

LineCache, LruCache, StagedLruCache
```
public interface Cache<K,V>
```
The base interface for a cache implementation.

Author:

Philipp Meinen

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static int DEFAULT_CAPACITY
The default capacity of an object cache.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`capacity()`
`void`	`clear()`	Remove all elements from the cache.
`V`	`get(K key)`	Query a value from the cache by its key.
`void`	`remove(K key)`	Remove a key-value-pair from the cache.
`void`	`set(K key, V value)`	Sets a key-value-pair to the cache.

- Field Detail
  - DEFAULT_CAPACITY
```
static final int DEFAULT_CAPACITY
```
    The default capacity of an object cache.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - set
```
void set(K key,
         V value)
```
    Sets a key-value-pair to the cache.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if the key is null.
  - get
```
V get(K key)
```
    Query a value from the cache by its key.
    
    Returns:
    
    null if no value for the given key was found. Otherwise the value for this key.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if the key is null.
  - remove
```
void remove(K key)
```
    Remove a key-value-pair from the cache.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if the key is null.
  - capacity
```
int capacity()
```
    Returns:
    
    the capacity of this cache.
  - clear
```
void clear()
```
    Remove all elements from the cache.