org.springframework.cache
Interface CacheManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCacheManager, CompositeCacheManager, EhCacheCacheManager, MapCacheManager, SimpleCacheManager

public interface CacheManager

Entity managing Caches.

Author:

Costin Leau

Method Summary

<K,V> Cache<K,V>	getCache(String name) Returns the cache associated with the given name.
Collection<String>	getCacheNames() Returns a collection of the caches known by this cache manager.

Method Detail

getCache

<K,V> Cache<K,V> getCache(String name)

Returns the cache associated with the given name.

Parameters:

name - cache identifier - cannot be null

Returns:

associated cache or null if none is found

getCacheNames

Collection<String> getCacheNames()

Returns a collection of the caches known by this cache manager.

Returns:

names of caches known by the cache manager.