FirstLevelCache.java

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package org.compass.core.cache.first;

import org.compass.core.Resource;
import org.compass.core.spi.ResourceKey;

/**
 * First leve cache used to store resources and objects that are used within a session
 * level. Since sessions are not thread safe, there is no need to worry about thread
 * safety here.
 *
 * @author kimchy
 */
public interface FirstLevelCache {

    Object get(ResourceKey key);

    Resource getResource(ResourceKey key);

    void set(ResourceKey key, Object obj);

    void setResource(ResourceKey key, Resource resource);

    void evict(ResourceKey key);

    void evictAll();

}