info.magnolia.module.cache

Interface BlockingCache

All Superinterfaces:

Cache

All Known Implementing Classes:

EhCacheWrapper, MemcachedWrapper

public interface BlockingCache
extends Cache

Marker interface to expose the fact that this cache will block further calls to Cache.get(Object) until an entry is put into the cache. This is mainly use to avoid concurrent caching of the same resources.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getBlockingTimeout() If the timeout is reached an exception is thrown to unlock the blocked thread (in milliseconds).
void	unlock(Object key) Will unlock the key.

Methods inherited from interface info.magnolia.module.cache.Cache

clear, get, getKeys, getName, getQuiet, getSize, hasElement, put, put, remove

Method Detail

unlock

void unlock(Object key)

Will unlock the key.

getBlockingTimeout

int getBlockingTimeout()

If the timeout is reached an exception is thrown to unlock the blocked thread (in milliseconds). This guarantees that not all threads are waiting on a non-available resource.