org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.memoize

Interface MemoizeCache<K,V>

Type Parameters:

K - type of the keys

V - type of the values

All Known Implementing Classes:

LRUCache, UnlimitedConcurrentCache

public interface MemoizeCache<K,V>

Represents a memoize cache with its essential methods

Author:

Vaclav Pech

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	cleanUpNullReferences() Invoked when some of the held SoftReferences have been evicted by the garbage collector and so should be removed from the cache.
V	get(K key)
V	put(K key, V value)

Method Detail

put

V put(K key,
      V value)

get

V get(K key)

cleanUpNullReferences

void cleanUpNullReferences()

Invoked when some of the held SoftReferences have been evicted by the garbage collector and so should be removed from the cache. The implementation must ensure that concurrent invocations of all methods on the cache may occur from other threads and thus should protect any shared resources.