org.hibernate.cache
Interface CacheProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractJndiBoundCacheProvider, EhCacheProvider, HashtableCacheProvider, NoCacheProvider, OptimisticTreeCacheProvider, OSCacheProvider, SingletonEhCacheProvider, SwarmCacheProvider, TreeCacheProvider

public interface CacheProvider

Support for pluggable caches.

Author:

Gavin King

Method Summary

Cache	buildCache(String regionName, Properties properties) Configure the cache
boolean	isMinimalPutsEnabledByDefault()
long	nextTimestamp() Generate a timestamp
void	start(Properties properties) Callback to perform any necessary initialization of the underlying cache implementation during SessionFactory construction.
void	stop() Callback to perform any necessary cleanup of the underlying cache implementation during SessionFactory.close().

Method Detail

buildCache

public Cache buildCache(String regionName,
                        Properties properties)
                 throws CacheException

Configure the cache

Parameters:

regionName - the name of the cache region

properties - configuration settings

Throws:

CacheException

nextTimestamp

public long nextTimestamp()

Generate a timestamp

start

public void start(Properties properties)
           throws CacheException

Callback to perform any necessary initialization of the underlying cache implementation during SessionFactory construction.

Parameters:

properties - current configuration settings.

Throws:

CacheException

stop

public void stop()

Callback to perform any necessary cleanup of the underlying cache implementation during SessionFactory.close().

isMinimalPutsEnabledByDefault

public boolean isMinimalPutsEnabledByDefault()