package bboss.org.apache.velocity.util.introspection;
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/**
* The introspector cache API definition.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:henning@apache.org">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
* @version $Id: IntrospectorCache.java 685685 2008-08-13 21:43:27Z nbubna $
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface IntrospectorCache {
/**
* Clears the internal cache.
*/
void clear();
/**
* Lookup a given Class object in the cache. If it does not exist,
* check whether this is due to a class change and purge the caches
* eventually.
*
* @param c The class to look up.
* @return A ClassMap object or null if it does not exist in the cache.
*/
ClassMap get(Class c);
/**
* Creates a class map for specific class and registers it in the
* cache. Also adds the qualified name to the name->class map
* for later Classloader change detection.
*
* @param c The class for which the class map gets generated.
* @return A ClassMap object.
*/
ClassMap put(Class c);
}