net.sf.javaprinciples.resource
Interface ResourceCache

public interface ResourceCache

Author:

wslade

Method Summary

void	clear() Clear the entire resource cache.
void	clear(ResourceIdentifier identifier) Clear a specific resource from the cache based on supplied identifier.
boolean	containsResource(ResourceIdentifier identifier)
Resource	getResource(ResourceIdentifier identifier)
void	putResource(ResourceIdentifier identifier, Resource resource)

Method Detail

containsResource

boolean containsResource(ResourceIdentifier identifier)

Parameters:

identifier - A non null URN

Returns:

true when the resource matching the identifier is present

getResource

Resource getResource(ResourceIdentifier identifier)

Parameters:

identifier - A non null URN

Returns:

A matching resource when present. Null otherwise

putResource

void putResource(ResourceIdentifier identifier,
                 Resource resource)

Parameters:

identifier - A non null URN

resource - A non null resource to save for later

clear

void clear()

Clear the entire resource cache.

clear

void clear(ResourceIdentifier identifier)

Clear a specific resource from the cache based on supplied identifier.

Parameters:

identifier - The Identifier of the resource to remove from the cache.