/*
* Copyright (C) 2009 eXo Platform SAS.
*
* This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
* the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This software 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
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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* Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
* 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
*/
package org.exoplatform.services.cache;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Collection;
/**
* Created by The eXo Platform SAS<br>
* The cache service.
*
* @author : <a href="tuan08@users.sourceforge.net">Tuan Nguyen</a>.
*
* @LevelAPI Platform
*/
public interface CacheService
{
/**
* Adds a cache configuration plugin.
*
* @param plugin the plugin
*/
public void addExoCacheConfig(ExoCacheConfigPlugin plugin);
/**
* Returns a specific cache instance.
*
* @param region the cache region
* @param <K> the key type
* @param <V> the value type
* @return the cache
* @throws NullPointerException if the region argument is null
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the region argument length is zero
*/
public <K extends Serializable, V> ExoCache<K, V> getCacheInstance(String region) throws NullPointerException,
IllegalArgumentException;
/**
* Returns a collection of all the cache instances.
*
* @return all the caches
*/
public Collection<ExoCache<? extends Serializable, ?>> getAllCacheInstances();
}