1 package org.apache.axis2.storage; 2 3 /* 4 * Copyright 2004,2005 The Apache Software Foundation. 5 * 6 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 7 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 8 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 9 * 10 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 11 * 12 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 13 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 14 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 15 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 16 * limitations under the License. 17 * 18 * 19 */ 20 public interface AxisStorage { 21 22 /** 23 * puts a value to the storage 24 * @param value 25 * @return the key as an Object 26 */ 27 Object put(Object value); 28 29 /** 30 * get a value from the storage. The value is not removed 31 * @param key 32 * @return the value as an Object 33 */ 34 Object get(Object key); 35 36 /** 37 * Removes an object from the storage given the key. 38 * @param key 39 * @return the value being removed as an object 40 */ 41 Object remove(Object key); 42 43 /** 44 * Cleans the whole storage. 45 * @return a boolean saying whether the clean was successful or not 46 */ 47 boolean clean(); 48 } 49