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| 1 | /* Copyright 2004 Acegi Technology Pty Limited | |
| 2 | * | |
| 3 | * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); | |
| 4 | * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. | |
| 5 | * You may obtain a copy of the License at | |
| 6 | * | |
| 7 | * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | |
| 8 | * | |
| 9 | * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | |
| 10 | * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, | |
| 11 | * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. | |
| 12 | * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and | |
| 13 | * limitations under the License. | |
| 14 | */ | |
| 15 | ||
| 16 | package org.acegisecurity.acl.basic; | |
| 17 | ||
| 18 | /** | |
| 19 | * Provides a cache of {@link BasicAclEntry} objects. | |
| 20 | * | |
| 21 | * <P> | |
| 22 | * Implementations should provide appropriate methods to set their cache | |
| 23 | * parameters (eg time-to-live) and/or force removal of entities before their | |
| 24 | * normal expiration. These are not part of the | |
| 25 | * <code>BasicAclEntryCache</code> interface contract because they vary | |
| 26 | * depending on the type of caching system used (eg in-memory vs disk vs | |
| 27 | * cluster vs hybrid). | |
| 28 | * </p> | |
| 29 | * | |
| 30 | * @author Ben Alex | |
| 31 | * @version $Id: BasicAclEntryCache.java,v 1.2 2005/11/17 00:55:47 benalex Exp $ | |
| 32 | */ | |
| 33 | public interface BasicAclEntryCache { | |
| 34 | //~ Methods ================================================================ | |
| 35 | ||
| 36 | /** | |
| 37 | * Obtains an array of {@link BasicAclEntry}s from the cache. | |
| 38 | * | |
| 39 | * @param aclObjectIdentity which should be obtained from the cache | |
| 40 | * | |
| 41 | * @return any applicable <code>BasicAclEntry</code>s (no | |
| 42 | * <code>null</code>s are permitted in the returned array) or | |
| 43 | * <code>null</code> if the object identity could not be found or | |
| 44 | * if the cache entry has expired | |
| 45 | */ | |
| 46 | public BasicAclEntry[] getEntriesFromCache( | |
| 47 | AclObjectIdentity aclObjectIdentity); | |
| 48 | ||
| 49 | /** | |
| 50 | * Places an array of {@link BasicAclEntry}s in the cache. | |
| 51 | * | |
| 52 | * <P> | |
| 53 | * No <code>null</code>s are allowed in the passed array. If any | |
| 54 | * <code>null</code> is passed, the implementation may throw an exception. | |
| 55 | * </p> | |
| 56 | * | |
| 57 | * @param basicAclEntry the ACL entries to cache (the key will be extracted | |
| 58 | * from the {@link BasicAclEntry#getAclObjectIdentity()} method | |
| 59 | */ | |
| 60 | public void putEntriesInCache(BasicAclEntry[] basicAclEntry); | |
| 61 | } |
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