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1 /*
2 Copyright 2004 Philip Jacob <phil@whirlycott.com>
3                   Seth Fitzsimmons <seth@note.amherst.edu>
4
5 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
6 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
7 You may obtain a copy of the License at
8
9     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10
11 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
13 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15 limitations under the License.
16 */
17
18 package com.whirlycott.cache;
19
20 import java.util.Map JavaDoc;
21
22 /**
23  * This is the interface that all backend caching systems must implement.
24  *
25  * @author Phil Jacob
26  */
27 public interface ManagedCache extends Map JavaDoc {
28     
29     /**
30      * For ManagedCache implementations that can perform optimizations for mostly-read environments.
31      * @param _mostlyRead Whether most operations will be reads.
32      */
33     public void setMostlyRead(boolean _mostlyRead);
34     
35     /**
36      * Store an Object in the cache.
37      * @param k key with which the specified value is to be associated.
38      * @param v value to be associated with the specified key.
39      */
40     public void store(Object JavaDoc k, Object JavaDoc v);
41 }
42
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