Caching.java

/*
 Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates.

 This file is part of darcy-ui.

 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 */

package com.redhat.darcy.util;

/**
 * Indicates a type caches some value the first time it is retrieved, and reuses the cached value
 * thereafter.
 */
public interface Caching {
    /**
     * Forces the result to be looked up again the next time it is needed.
     */
    void invalidateCache();
}