org.odpi.egeria.connectors.ibm.igc.clientlibrary.cache

Class ObjectCache

java.lang.Object

org.odpi.egeria.connectors.ibm.igc.clientlibrary.cache.ObjectCache

public class ObjectCache
extends Object

Provides a general mechanism to cache IGC objects temporarily, to avoid the need to repeatedly retrieve them and incur the penalties of calling the REST API multiple times to retrieve the same information.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ObjectCache()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	add(Reference entry) Add the provided entry into the cache.
Reference	get(String id) Retrieve an entry by its Repository ID (RID) from the cache.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ObjectCache

public ObjectCache()

Method Detail

add

public void add(Reference entry)

Add the provided entry into the cache.

Parameters:

entry - to add

get

public Reference get(String id)

Retrieve an entry by its Repository ID (RID) from the cache.

Parameters:

id - RID of the entry to retrieve

Returns:

the IGC object, or null if not in the cache