com.gluonhq.charm.down.common.cache

Interface Cache<K,V>

Type Parameters:

K - type for the key

V - type for the value

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultCache

public interface Cache<K,V>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
V	get(K key) Get the value for the specified key, or null when there is no such key.
void	put(K key, V value) Stores a key-value pair in the cache.
boolean	remove(K key) Remove the entry associated with this key.
void	removeAll() Remove all entries from the cache

Method Detail

get

V get(K key)

Get the value for the specified key, or null when there is no such key. The latter can be because there never was an entry with this key stored, or the entry with this key has been reclaimed.

Parameters:

key - the key for which we need the value

Returns:

the value for the specified key, null in case there is no value corresponding to this key.

put

void put(K key,
         V value)

Stores a key-value pair in the cache. A NullPointerException will be thrown if the key or the value are null.

Parameters:

key - the key, should not be null

value - the value, should not be null

remove

boolean remove(K key)

Remove the entry associated with this key.

Parameters:

key - the key for which the entry is requested

Returns:

true if the cache contained an entry with this key

removeAll

void removeAll()

Remove all entries from the cache