1 /*
2 * Copyright (c) 2009-2012 The 99 Software Foundation
3 *
4 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
5 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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8 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
9 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
10 *
11 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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13 *
14 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
15 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
16 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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19 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
20 * THE SOFTWARE.
21 */
22 package org.nnsoft.sameas4j.cache;
23
24 /**
25 * Simple cache interface for sameas service.
26 */
27 public interface Cache {
28
29 /**
30 * Add a new entry in the cache.
31 *
32 * @param <T> The stored object type
33 * @param cacheKey The cache key
34 * @param cacheValue The stored object
35 */
36 <T> void put(CacheKey cacheKey, T cacheValue);
37
38 /**
39 * Retrieves an object from the cache.
40 *
41 * @param <T> The stored object type
42 * @param cacheKey The cache key
43 * @param type The stored object
44 * @return The stored object if any, null otherwise
45 */
46 <T> T get(CacheKey cacheKey, Class<T> type);
47
48 }