/** * Licensed to Apereo under one or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. Apereo * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use * this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at the * following location: * * <p>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * <p>Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the * License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either * express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.apereo.portal.utils.cache.resource; import java.io.IOException; import org.springframework.core.io.Resource; /** * A utility for loading resources from files, URLs or similar locations and building/compiling a * domain object from the resource. The domain object is cached and automatically re-loaded if the * underlying {@link Resource} changes. * * <p>Clients should call {@link #getResource(Resource, Loader)} every time they need the object and * rely on the {@link CachingResourceLoader} implementation to manage caching and reloading. * */ public interface CachingResourceLoader { /** Same as {@link #getResource(Resource, Loader, long)} with a 60 second check interval */ public <T> CachedResource<T> getResource(Resource resource, Loader<T> builder) throws IOException; /** * Get the {@link Resource} using the {@link Loader} to compile it if needed using the specified * options. */ public <T> CachedResource<T> getResource( Resource resource, Loader<T> builder, long checkInterval) throws IOException; }