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addProperties(Map) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.CacheEntry

Adds a group of properties to this entry, en masse

addProperties(Map) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.SoftReferenceCacheEntry

addProperty(Object, Object) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.CacheEntry

Adds a property to this entry.

addProperty(Object, Object) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.SoftReferenceCacheEntry

addStrategy(CachingStrategy) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.ObjectCache

Adds a caching strategy to this cache

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CacheEntry - class net.sf.ashkay.CacheEntry.

CacheEntry represents a single entry in the object cache.

CacheEntry() - Constructor for class net.sf.ashkay.CacheEntry

Empty constructor for subclasses only

CacheEntry(Object, Object) - Constructor for class net.sf.ashkay.CacheEntry

Creates a default CacheEntry

CacheEntry(Object, Object, Map) - Constructor for class net.sf.ashkay.CacheEntry

Creates a CacheEntry with properties pre-specified

CacheEntry(Object, Object, Map, ObjectCache) - Constructor for class net.sf.ashkay.CacheEntry

CachingStrategy - interface net.sf.ashkay.CachingStrategy.

CachingStrategies provide abstract strategies about how a cache ought to perform its caching.

CreationException - exception net.sf.ashkay.CreationException.

CreationExceptions represent an error in the creation of an object in an ObjectFactory.

CreationException() - Constructor for class net.sf.ashkay.CreationException

Constructs a default CreationException without a message or source

CreationException(String) - Constructor for class net.sf.ashkay.CreationException

Constructs a CreationException with a message but no source

CreationException(Throwable) - Constructor for class net.sf.ashkay.CreationException

Constructs a CreationException with a source but no message

CreationException(String, Throwable) - Constructor for class net.sf.ashkay.CreationException

Contructs a CreationException with a message and source

clear() - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.ObjectCache

Clears the cache

constructObject(Object) - Method in interface net.sf.ashkay.LazyObjectFactory

createObjectFor(Object, Object) - Method in interface net.sf.ashkay.ObjectFactory

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evict(Object) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.ObjectCache

Forcefully evicts an object/key from the cache.

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FullCachingStrategy - class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.FullCachingStrategy.

FullCachingStrategy implements the CachingStrategy interface to provide a hard cache with no expiration.

FullCachingStrategy() - Constructor for class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.FullCachingStrategy

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get(Object) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.ObjectCache

Finds an object in the cache and returns it.

get(Object, Object) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.ObjectCache

Finds an object in the cache and returns it.

getCache() - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.CacheEntry

getCache() - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.SoftReferenceCacheEntry

getEntryKey() - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.CacheEntry

getEntryKey() - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.SoftReferenceCacheEntry

getEntryObject() - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.CacheEntry

Returns the object this entry represents.

getEntryObject() - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.SoftReferenceCacheEntry

getEntryReference() - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.SoftReferenceCacheEntry

getProperties() - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.CacheEntry

Returns the entire Map of this entry's properties

getProperties() - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.SoftReferenceCacheEntry

getProperty(Object) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.CacheEntry

Looks up a property of this entry

getProperty(Object) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.SoftReferenceCacheEntry

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LastModifiedCachingStrategy - class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.LastModifiedCachingStrategy.

LastModifiedCachingStrategy attempts to locate a timestamped resource and check the last time that resource was modified.

LastModifiedCachingStrategy() - Constructor for class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.LastModifiedCachingStrategy

LazyObjectFactory - interface net.sf.ashkay.LazyObjectFactory.

LazyObjectFactory is a factory tailored to use in a lazy instantiation model.

N

NullCachingStrategy - class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.NullCachingStrategy.

NullCachingStrategy prevents the cache from caching any data about the object

NullCachingStrategy() - Constructor for class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.NullCachingStrategy

net.sf.ashkay - package net.sf.ashkay

Ashkay is a strategy based caching tool.

net.sf.ashkay.strategies - package net.sf.ashkay.strategies

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ObjectCache - class net.sf.ashkay.ObjectCache.

ObjectCache is the default implementation of an object caching mechanism.

ObjectCache() - Constructor for class net.sf.ashkay.ObjectCache

ObjectCache(ObjectFactory) - Constructor for class net.sf.ashkay.ObjectCache

Constructs an ObjectCache from a factory using the default strategy of NONE.

ObjectCache(List) - Constructor for class net.sf.ashkay.ObjectCache

Constructs an ObjectCache without a factory using the strategies indicated.

ObjectCache(ObjectFactory, List) - Constructor for class net.sf.ashkay.ObjectCache

Constructs an ObjectCache from a factory and strategy.

ObjectFactory - interface net.sf.ashkay.ObjectFactory.

ObjectFactory is the factory for creating objects used by the ObjectCache.

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prepare(CacheEntry) - Method in interface net.sf.ashkay.CachingStrategy

Prepares the cache entry for caching with this strategy.
NOTE: Be Careful: a caching strategy is allowed to return a different CacheEntry, so make sure that you store the results of this method and don't assume the symantics of pass by reference.

prepare(CacheEntry) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.FullCachingStrategy

prepare(CacheEntry) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.LastModifiedCachingStrategy

Prepares the cache entry for caching with this strategy.
NOTE: Be Careful: a caching strategy is allowed to return a different CacheEntry, so make sure that you store the results of this method and don't assume the symantics of pass by reference.

prepare(CacheEntry) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.SoftReferenceCachingStrategy

prepare(CacheEntry) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.TimeExpirationCachingStrategy

put(Object, Object) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.ObjectCache

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removeStrategy(CachingStrategy) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.ObjectCache

Removes a strategy from this cache

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SoftReferenceCacheEntry - class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.SoftReferenceCacheEntry.

SoftReferenceCacheEntry represents a cache entry that is wrapped in which the entry object is wrapped in a SoftReference in order to allow the garbage collector to still collect the object if all other hard references are destroyed.

SoftReferenceCacheEntry(CacheEntry, ReferenceQueue) - Constructor for class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.SoftReferenceCacheEntry

SoftReferenceCachingStrategy - class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.SoftReferenceCachingStrategy.

A Soft Reference caching strategy uses soft references to store objects in the cache.

SoftReferenceCachingStrategy() - Constructor for class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.SoftReferenceCachingStrategy

setCache(ObjectCache) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.CacheEntry

setCache(ObjectCache) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.SoftReferenceCacheEntry

setEntryKey(Object) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.CacheEntry

setEntryKey(Object) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.SoftReferenceCacheEntry

setEntryObject(Object) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.CacheEntry

Sets the object this entry represents

setEntryObject(Object) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.SoftReferenceCacheEntry

size() - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.ObjectCache

Returns the size of the cache

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TimeExpirationCachingStrategy - class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.TimeExpirationCachingStrategy.

TimeExpirationCachingStrategy expires objects in the cache after a set amount of time.

TimeExpirationCachingStrategy(long) - Constructor for class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.TimeExpirationCachingStrategy

Creates the caching strategy with the specified timeout.

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usesStrategy(CachingStrategy) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.ObjectCache

Checks if this cache uses the specified caching strategy

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validate(CacheEntry) - Method in interface net.sf.ashkay.CachingStrategy

Validates this cache entry for this caching strategy.

validate(CacheEntry) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.FullCachingStrategy

validate(CacheEntry) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.LastModifiedCachingStrategy

Validates this cache entry for this caching strategy.

validate(CacheEntry) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.NullCachingStrategy

Always returns false.

validate(CacheEntry) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.SoftReferenceCachingStrategy

validate(CacheEntry) - Method in class net.sf.ashkay.strategies.TimeExpirationCachingStrategy

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