Package org.apache.avalon.excalibur.cache

An extensible cache framework and implementation.

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Description

Interface Summary

Cache	This is a cache that caches objects for reuse.
CacheListener	Receive notifications about Cache.
CacheStore	Store cached objects.
CacheValidator	Validate cached object.
ReplacementPolicy	Cache replacement policy.

Class Summary

AbstractCache
CacheEvent	This is the class used to deliver notifications about Cache.
DefaultCache	Default Cache implementation.
LRUCache	LRUCache.
SynchronizedCache	A thread safe version of the Cache.
TimeMapLRUCache	TimeMapLRUCache.
ValidatingCache	Validating cache proxy.

Package org.apache.avalon.excalibur.cache Description

An extensible cache framework and implementation.

[Introduction]

Introduction

The org.apache.avalon.excalibur.cache package contains interfaces and classes for caching. The design is sufficiently modular to allow for different implementations of the backing mechanism (store) and replacement algorithm (eg LRU, FIFO).

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