/**Copyright 2010 Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft mBH
*
* This file is part of easyrec.
*
* easyrec is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* easyrec 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 for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with easyrec. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.easyrec.utils.spring.cache.annotation;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Annotation applicable on methods that causes all caches used in an application
* to be cleared after th execution of this the annotated method. This is intended
* for use after e.g. remove operations on a database table whichs contents are
* cached in a long term cache and avoid inconsistencies between cache and database.
* WARNING: THE USE OF THIS ASPECT HAS POTENTIALLY DRAMATIC EFFECTS ON PERFORMANCE.
* IT IS INTENDED ONLY FOR USE ON METHODS USED IN DEVELOPER AND TESTING ENVIROMENTS.
* PRODUCTION LEVEL CODE SHOULD AVOID THE USE OF THIS ASPECT.
* <p/>
* <p><b>Company: </b>
* SAT, Research Studios Austria</p>
* <p/>
* <p><b>Copyright: </b>
* (c) 2007</p>
* <p/>
* <p><b>last modified:</b><br/>
* $Author: pmarschik $<br/>
* $Date: 2011-02-11 11:04:49 +0100 (Fr, 11 Feb 2011) $<br/>
* $Revision: 17656 $</p>
*
* @author Stephan Zavrel
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface InvalidatesCache {
}