Cache.java

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package org.hibernate;
import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Provides an API for querying/managing the second level cache regions.
 * <p/>
 * CAUTION: None of these methods respect any isolation or transactional
 * semantics associated with the underlying caches.  Specifically, evictions
 * perform an immediate "hard" removal outside any transactions and/or locking
 * scheme(s).
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public interface Cache {
	/**
	 * Determine whether the cache contains data for the given entity "instance".
	 * <p/>
	 * The semantic here is whether the cache contains data visible for the
	 * current call context.
	 *
	 * @param entityClass The entity class.
	 * @param identifier The entity identifier
	 *
	 * @return True if the underlying cache contains corresponding data; false
	 * otherwise.
	 */
	public boolean containsEntity(Class entityClass, Serializable identifier);

	/**
	 * Determine whether the cache contains data for the given entity "instance".
	 * <p/>
	 * The semantic here is whether the cache contains data visible for the
	 * current call context.
	 *
	 * @param entityName The entity name.
	 * @param identifier The entity identifier
	 *
	 * @return True if the underlying cache contains corresponding data; false otherwise.
	 */
	public boolean containsEntity(String entityName, Serializable identifier);

	/**
	 * Evicts the entity data for a particular entity "instance".
	 *
	 * @param entityClass The entity class.
	 * @param identifier The entity identifier
	 */
	public void evictEntity(Class entityClass, Serializable identifier);

	/**
	 * Evicts the entity data for a particular entity "instance".
	 *
	 * @param entityName The entity name.
	 * @param identifier The entity identifier
	 */
	public void evictEntity(String entityName, Serializable identifier);

	/**
	 * Evicts all entity data from the given region (i.e. for all entities of
	 * type).
	 *
	 * @param entityClass The entity class.
	 */
	public void evictEntityRegion(Class entityClass);

	/**
	 * Evicts all entity data from the given region (i.e. for all entities of
	 * type).
	 *
	 * @param entityName The entity name.
	 */
	public void evictEntityRegion(String entityName);

	/**
	 * Evict data from all entity regions.
	 */
	public void evictEntityRegions();

	/**
	 * Determine whether the cache contains data for the given collection.
	 * <p/>
	 * The semantic here is whether the cache contains data visible for the
	 * current call context.
	 *
	 * @param role The name of the collection role (in form
	 * [owner-entity-name].[collection-property-name]) whose regions should be
	 * evicted.
	 * @param ownerIdentifier The identifier of the owning entity
	 *
	 * @return True if the underlying cache contains corresponding data; false otherwise.
	 */
	public boolean containsCollection(String role, Serializable ownerIdentifier);

	/**
	 * Evicts the cache data for the given identified collection instance.
	 *
	 * @param role The "collection role" (in form [owner-entity-name].[collection-property-name]).
	 * @param ownerIdentifier The identifier of the owning entity
	 */
	public void evictCollection(String role, Serializable ownerIdentifier);

	/**
	 * Evicts all entity data from the given region (i.e. evicts cached data
	 * for all of the specified c9ollection role).
	 *
	 * @param role The "collection role" (in form [owner-entity-name].[collection-property-name]).
	 */
	public void evictCollectionRegion(String role);

	/**
	 * Evict data from all collection regions.
	 */
	public void evictCollectionRegions();

	/**
	 * Determine whether the cache contains data for the given query.
	 * <p/>
	 * The semantic here is whether the cache contains any data for the given
	 * region name since query result caches are not transactionally isolated.
	 *
	 * @param regionName The cache name given to the query.
	 *
	 * @return True if the underlying cache contains corresponding data; false otherwise.
	 */
	public boolean containsQuery(String regionName);

	/**
	 * Evicts all cached query results from the default region.
	 */
	public void evictDefaultQueryRegion();

	/**
	 * Evicts all cached query results under the given name.
	 *
	 * @param regionName The cache name associated to the queries being cached.
	 */
	public void evictQueryRegion(String regionName);

	/**
	 * Evict data from all query regions.
	 */
	public void evictQueryRegions();
}