Package javax.cache.expiry

Class EternalExpiryPolicy

java.lang.Object

javax.cache.expiry.EternalExpiryPolicy

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, ExpiryPolicy

public final class EternalExpiryPolicy
extends Object
implements ExpiryPolicy, Serializable

An eternal ExpiryPolicy specifies that Cache Entries won't expire. This however doesn't mean they won't be evicted if an underlying implementation needs to free-up resources where by it may choose to evict entries that are not due to expire.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Greg Luck, Brian Oliver

See Also:

ExpiryPolicy, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static long	serialVersionUID	The serialVersionUID required for Serializable.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
EternalExpiryPolicy()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object other)
static Factory<ExpiryPolicy>	factoryOf()	Obtains a Factory for an Eternal ExpiryPolicy.
Duration	getExpiryForAccess()	Gets the Duration before an accessed Cache.Entry is considered expired.
Duration	getExpiryForCreation()	Gets the Duration before a newly created Cache.Entry is considered expired.
Duration	getExpiryForUpdate()	Gets the Duration before an updated Cache.Entry is considered expired.
int	hashCode()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

public static final long serialVersionUID

The serialVersionUID required for Serializable.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

EternalExpiryPolicy

public EternalExpiryPolicy()

Method Detail

factoryOf

public static Factory<ExpiryPolicy> factoryOf()

Obtains a Factory for an Eternal ExpiryPolicy.

Returns:

a Factory for an Eternal ExpiryPolicy.

getExpiryForCreation

public Duration getExpiryForCreation()

Gets the Duration before a newly created Cache.Entry is considered expired.

This method is called by a caching implementation after a Cache.Entry is created, but before a Cache.Entry is added to a cache, to determine the Duration before an entry expires. If a Duration.ZERO is returned the new Cache.Entry is considered to be already expired and will not be added to the Cache.

Should an exception occur while determining the Duration, an implementation specific default Duration will be used.

Specified by:

getExpiryForCreation in interface ExpiryPolicy

Returns:

the new Duration before a created entry expires

getExpiryForAccess

public Duration getExpiryForAccess()

Gets the Duration before an accessed Cache.Entry is considered expired.

This method is called by a caching implementation after a Cache.Entry is accessed to determine the Duration before an entry expires. If a Duration.ZERO is returned a Cache.Entry will be considered immediately expired. Returning null will result in no change to the previously understood expiry Duration.

Should an exception occur while determining the Duration, an implementation specific default Duration will be used.

Specified by:

getExpiryForAccess in interface ExpiryPolicy

Returns:

the new Duration before an accessed entry expires

getExpiryForUpdate

public Duration getExpiryForUpdate()

Gets the Duration before an updated Cache.Entry is considered expired.

This method is called by the caching implementation after a Cache.Entry is updated to determine the Duration before the updated entry expires. If a Duration.ZERO is returned a Cache.Entry is considered immediately expired. Returning null will result in no change to the previously understood expiry Duration.

Should an exception occur while determining the Duration, an implementation specific default Duration will be used.

Specified by:

getExpiryForUpdate in interface ExpiryPolicy

Returns:

the new Duration before an updated entry expires

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Overrides:

equals in class Object