01: /*
02: * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
03: * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
04: * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
05: * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
06: * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
07: * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
08: *
09: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10: *
11: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
13: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15: * limitations under the License.
16: */
17: package org.apache.jetspeed.cache.general;
18:
19: /**
20: * <p>
21: * GeneralCache
22: * </p>
23: * <p>
24: * A very general, re-useable interface to wrap or create different caching implementations.
25: * </p>
26: * @author <a href="mailto:weaver@apache.org">Scott T. Weaver</a>
27: * @version $Id: GeneralCache.java 516448 2007-03-09 16:25:47Z ate $
28: *
29: */
30: public interface GeneralCache {
31:
32: /**
33: *
34: * <p>
35: * get
36: * </p>
37: *
38: * @param key
39: * @return
40: */
41: Object get(String key);
42:
43: /**
44: *
45: * <p>
46: * put
47: * </p>
48: *
49: * @param key
50: * @param value
51: */
52: void put(String key, Object value);
53:
54: /**
55: *
56: * <p>
57: * contains
58: * </p>
59: *
60: * @param key
61: * @return
62: */
63: boolean contains(String key);
64:
65: /**
66: *
67: * <p>
68: * remove
69: * </p>
70: *
71: * @param key
72: * @return
73: */
74: Object remove(String key);
75:
76: }
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