org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.memoize

Interface MemoizeCache<K,V>

Type Parameters:

K - type of the keys

V - type of the values

All Known Subinterfaces:

EvictableCache<K,V>

All Known Implementing Classes:

CommonCache, ConcurrentCommonCache, ConcurrentSoftCache, LRUCache, UnlimitedConcurrentCache

public interface MemoizeCache<K,V>

Represents a memoize cache with its essential methods

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static interface	MemoizeCache.ValueProvider<K,V> Represents a provider used to create value

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) Gets a value from the cache
V	getAndPut(K key, MemoizeCache.ValueProvider<? super K,? extends V> valueProvider) Try to get the value from cache.
V	put(K key, V value) Associates the specified value with the specified key in the cache.

Method Detail

put

V put(K key,
      V value)

Associates the specified value with the specified key in the cache.

Parameters:

key - key with which the specified value is to be associated

value - value to be associated with the specified key

Returns:

null, or the old value if the key associated with the specified key.

get

V get(K key)

Gets a value from the cache

Parameters:

key - the key whose associated value is to be returned

Returns:

the value, or null, if it does not exist.

getAndPut

V getAndPut(K key,
            MemoizeCache.ValueProvider<? super K,? extends V> valueProvider)

Try to get the value from cache. If not found, create the value by MemoizeCache.ValueProvider and put it into the cache, at last return the value

Parameters:

key -

Returns:

the cached value

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.