de.umass.lastfm.cache
Interface ExpirationPolicy

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultExpirationPolicy

public interface ExpirationPolicy

The ExpirationPolicy decides if and how long a request should be cached.

Author:

Janni Kovacs

Method Summary

long	getExpirationTime(String method, Map<String,String> params) Returns the time in milliseconds a request of the given method should be cached.

Method Detail

getExpirationTime

long getExpirationTime(String method,
                       Map<String,String> params)

Returns the time in milliseconds a request of the given method should be cached. Returns -1 if this method should not be cached.

Parameters:

method - The method called

params - The parameters sent

Returns:

the time the request should be cached in milliseconds