/*
* Copyright (c) 2007, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
*
* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
* published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this
* particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
* by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
*
* This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
* version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
* accompanied this code).
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
* 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
* Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
*
* Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
* or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
* questions.
*/
package com.sun.tools.visualvm.api.caching;
/**
* Generic key/value persistor
* Supports retrieving a value by the given key and storing a value with the given key
* @author Jaroslav Bachorik
*/
public interface Persistor<K, V> {
/**
* Retrieves {@linkplain Entry} for the given key
* @param key The key to retrieve {@linkplain Entry} instance
* @return Returns the retrieved {@linkplain Entry} instance or NULL
*/
Entry<V> retrieve(K key);
/**
* Stores the {@linkplain Entry} together with its key
* @param key The key to be used
* @param value The value to be used
*/
void store(K key, Entry<V> value);
/**
* The default (NULL-value) instance
*/
final public static Persistor DEFAULT = new Persistor() {
@Override
public Entry retrieve(Object key) {
// do nothing
return null;
}
@Override
public void store(Object key, Entry value) {
// do nothing
}
};
}