org.hibernate.cache
Interface CacheProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractJndiBoundCacheProvider, EhCacheProvider, HashtableCacheProvider, JndiBoundTreeCacheProvider, NoCacheProvider, OptimisticTreeCacheProvider, OSCacheProvider, 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

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

long nextTimestamp()
Generate a timestamp


start

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

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


isMinimalPutsEnabledByDefault

boolean isMinimalPutsEnabledByDefault()