Interface CacheService

  • All Superinterfaces:
    ClassLoaderAware, Controllable, Service, Service
    All Known Subinterfaces:
    DistributedCacheService, PagedTopicService
    All Known Implementing Classes:
    WrapperCacheService

    public interface CacheService
    extends Service
    A CacheService is a clustered service providing a collection of named Maps that hold resources shared among members of a cluster. These resources are expected to be managed in memory, and are typically composed of data that are also stored persistently in a database, or data that have been assembled or calculated at some significant cost, thus these resources are referred to as cached.
    Since:
    Coherence 1.1
    Author:
    gg 2002.02.08
    • Method Detail

      • setBackingMapManager

        void setBackingMapManager​(BackingMapManager manager)
        Set a backing map manager to be used by this CacheService to create underlying stores for the cached data. Some cache services may choose to ignore this setting.
        Parameters:
        manager - a backing map manager
        Throws:
        IllegalStateException - thrown if the service is already running
        Since:
        Coherence 2.0
      • ensureCache

        NamedCache ensureCache​(String sName,
                               ClassLoader loader)
        Obtain a NamedCache interface that provides a view of resources shared among members of a cluster. The view is identified by name within this CacheService. Typically, repeated calls to this method with the same view name and class loader instance will result in the same view reference being returned.
        Parameters:
        sName - the name, within this CacheService, that uniquely identifies a view; null is legal, and may imply a default name
        loader - ClassLoader that should be used to deserialize objects inserted in the map by other members of the cluster; null is legal, and implies the default ClassLoader, which will typically be the context ClassLoader for this service
        Returns:
        a NamedCache interface which can be used to access the resources of the specified view
        Throws:
        IllegalStateException - thrown if the service is not running
      • getCacheNames

        Enumeration getCacheNames()
        Returns an Enumeration of String objects, one for each cache name that has been previously registered with this CacheService.
        Returns:
        Enumeration of cache names
        Throws:
        IllegalStateException - thrown if the CacheService is not running or has stopped
      • releaseCache

        void releaseCache​(NamedCache map)
        Release local resources associated with the specified instance of the cache. This invalidates a reference obtained by using the ensureCache(String, ClassLoader) method.

        Releasing a Map reference to a cache makes the Map reference no longer usable, but does not affect the cache itself. In other words, all other references to the cache will still be valid, and the cache data is not affected by releasing the reference.

        The reference that is released using this method can no longer be used; any attempt to use the reference will result in an exception.

        The purpose for releasing a cache reference is to allow the cache implementation to release the ClassLoader used to deserialize items in the cache. The cache implementation ensures that all references to that ClassLoader are released. This implies that objects in the cache that were loaded by that ClassLoader will be re-serialized to release their hold on that ClassLoader. The result is that the ClassLoader can be garbage-collected by Java in situations where the cache is operating in an application server and applications are dynamically loaded and unloaded.

        Parameters:
        map - the cache object to be released
        See Also:
        Releasable.release()
      • destroyCache

        void destroyCache​(NamedCache map)
        Release and destroy the specified cache.

        Warning: This method is used to completely destroy the specified cache across the cluster. All references in the entire cluster to this cache will be invalidated, the cached data will be cleared, and all resources will be released.

        Parameters:
        map - the cache object to be released
        See Also:
        NamedCollection.destroy()