Region (Hibernate JavaDocs)

All Known Subinterfaces:

DirectAccessRegion, DomainDataRegion, QueryResultsRegion, TimestampsRegion

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDomainDataRegion, AbstractRegion, DirectAccessRegionTemplate, DomainDataRegionImpl, DomainDataRegionTemplate, QueryResultsRegionTemplate, TimestampsRegionTemplate
```
public interface Region
```
Contract for a named "region". The concept of a Region might not necessarily correlate to a specific concept in the underlying caching provider - it is just a thing that can be referenced by name later.
A region's name is "unqualified"; i.e. it is not prefixed by SessionFactoryOptions.getCacheRegionPrefix().
Region is the base contract defining some common characteristics regardless of the type of data intended to be stored within this Region. The more specific sub-types are DomainDataRegion (storing entity, collection and natural-id data) and DirectAccessRegion (storing query result and timestamp data).

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`clear()`	Clear all data cached in the region
`void`	`destroy()`	The "end state" contract of the region's lifecycle.
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`	Retrieve the unqualified name of this region.
`RegionFactory`	`getRegionFactory()`	The RegionFactory that generated this Region

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
java.lang.String getName()
```
    Retrieve the unqualified name of this region.
  - getRegionFactory
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RegionFactory getRegionFactory()
```
    The RegionFactory that generated this Region
  - clear
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void clear()
```
    Clear all data cached in the region
  - destroy
```
void destroy()
      throws CacheException
```
    The "end state" contract of the region's lifecycle. Called during SessionFactory.close() to give the region a chance to cleanup.
    
    Throws:
    
    CacheException - Indicates problem shutting down