org.kuali.rice.core.api.cache

Class CacheTarget

java.lang.Object

org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.AbstractDataTransferObject

org.kuali.rice.core.api.cache.CacheTarget

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, ModelObjectBasic, ModelObjectComplete

public final class CacheTarget
extends AbstractDataTransferObject

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	containsKey() Checks if this instance contains a key.
static CacheTarget	entireCache(String cache) Creates an instance targeting an entire cache.
String	getCache() The name of the cache to target.
String	getKey() The key of the item in the cache to target.
static CacheTarget	singleEntry(String cache, String key) Creates an instance targeting a single item in a cache based on the given key.

Methods inherited from class org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.AbstractDataTransferObject

afterUnmarshal, beforeUnmarshal, equals, equalsExcludeFields, getDefaultHashCodeEqualsExcludeFields, hashCode, hashCodeExcludeFields, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

entireCache

public static CacheTarget entireCache(String cache)

Creates an instance targeting an entire cache.

Parameters:

cache - the name of the cache. cannot be a null or blank string

Returns:

an instance of the cache target specified

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if cache is null or blank

singleEntry

public static CacheTarget singleEntry(String cache,
                                      String key)

Creates an instance targeting a single item in a cache based on the given key.

Parameters:

cache - The name of the cache. cannot be a null or blank string.

key - The key of the item in the cache. cannot be a null of blank string.

Returns:

an instance of the cache target specified

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the cache or key is null or blank

containsKey

public boolean containsKey()

Checks if this instance contains a key.

Returns:

true if a key exists, false otherwise

getCache

public String getCache()

The name of the cache to target. This value should never be null or blank.

Returns:

the name of the cache

getKey

public String getKey()

The key of the item in the cache to target. The key is optional on the cache target, if this target has no key then this method will return null.

Returns:

the key of this cache target, or null if a specific key is not being targeted