/*
* Copyright (C) 2003-2007 eXo Platform SAS.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3
* of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program 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
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*/
package org.etk.kernel.cache;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* The cache listener allows to be aware of various events that occurs for a cache. For performance reason
* a listener must perform short time lived operations or should consider to perform jobs asynchronously.
*
* Created by The eXo Platform SAS Author : Tuan Nguyen
* tuan08@users.sourceforge.net Sep 19, 2005
*/
public interface CacheListener<K extends Serializable, V> {
/**
* An entry is expired from the cache.
*
* @param context the listener context
* @param key the entry key
* @param obj the entry value
* @throws Exception any exception
*/
public void onExpire(CacheListenerContext context, K key, V obj) throws Exception;
/**
* An entry is removed from the cache.
*
* @param context the listener context
* @param key the entry key
* @param obj the entry value
* @throws Exception any exception
*/
public void onRemove(CacheListenerContext context, K key, V obj) throws Exception;
/**
* An entry is inserted in the cache.
*
* @param context the listener context
* @param key the entry key
* @param obj the entry value
* @throws Exception any exception
*/
public void onPut(CacheListenerContext context, K key, V obj) throws Exception;
/**
* An entry is retrieved from the cache.
*
* @param context the listener context
* @param key the entry key
* @param obj the entry value
* @throws Exception any exception
*/
public void onGet(CacheListenerContext context, K key, V obj) throws Exception;
/**
* The cache is globally cleared.
*
* @param context the listener context
* @throws Exception any exception
*/
public void onClearCache(CacheListenerContext context) throws Exception;
}