de.jakop.lotus.domingo.cache

Class AbstractBaseCache

java.lang.Object

de.jakop.lotus.domingo.cache.AbstractBaseCache

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cache, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

SimpleCache, WeakCache

public abstract class AbstractBaseCache
extends Object
implements Cache, Serializable

Simple cache implementation using a HashMap. Note that this implementation is not synchronized. If multiple threads access this cache concurrently, and at least one of the threads modifies the cache structurally, it must be synchronized externally. (A structural modification is any operation that adds or deletes one or more mappings; merely changing the value associated with a key that an instance already contains is not a structural modification.) This is typically accomplished by synchronizing on some object that naturally encapsulates the map. If no such object exists, the map should be "wrapped" using the Collections.synchronizedMap method. This is best done at creation time, to prevent accidental unsynchronized access to the map:

 Map map = Collections.synchronizedMap(new HashMap(...));
 

Author:

Kurt Riede

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractBaseCache() Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected abstract Map	createMap() Creates the map to be used with the cache.
protected Map	getMap() Protected getter for map attribute to allow concrete classes to access the map.
int	size() Returns the number of elements in this cache (its cardinality).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface de.jakop.lotus.domingo.cache.Cache

clear, containsKey, get, keySet, put, remove, values

Constructor Detail

AbstractBaseCache

public AbstractBaseCache()

Constructor.

Method Detail

getMap

protected final Map getMap()

Protected getter for map attribute to allow concrete classes to access the map.

Returns:

the internal map

createMap

protected abstract Map createMap()

Creates the map to be used with the cache.

Concrete classes must implement this method and create a concrete map for the cache.

Returns:

a map for the cache

size

public final int size()

Returns the number of elements in this cache (its cardinality). If this set contains more than Integer.MAX_VALUE elements, returns Integer.MAX_VALUE.

Specified by:

size in interface Cache

Returns:

the number of elements in this set (its cardinality).

See Also:

Cache.size()