CacheStrategy.java

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package org.apache.commons.vfs;

/**
 * An enumerated type to deal with the various cache strategies.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:imario@apache.org">Mario Ivankovits</a>
 * @version $Revision: 480428 $ $Date: 2006-11-29 07:15:24 +0100 (Mi, 29 Nov 2006) $
 */
public final class CacheStrategy
{
    /**
     * Deal with cached data manually. Call {@link FileObject#refresh()} to refresh the object data.
     */
    public static final CacheStrategy MANUAL = new CacheStrategy("manual");

    /**
     * Refresh the data every time you request a file from {@link FileSystemManager#resolveFile}
     */
    public static final CacheStrategy ON_RESOLVE = new CacheStrategy("onresolve");

    /**
     * Refresh the data every time you call a method on the fileObject.
     * You'll use this only if you really need the latest info as this setting is a major performance loss.  
     */
    public static final CacheStrategy ON_CALL = new CacheStrategy("oncall");

    private final String name;

    private CacheStrategy(final String name)
    {
        this.name = name;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the name of the scope.
     */
    public String toString()
    {
        return name;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the name of the scope.
     */
    public String getName()
    {
        return name;
    }
}