Package org.biojava.utils.cache

Interface Cache

All Known Implementing Classes:

FixedSizeCache, SoftReferenceCache

public interface Cache

Interface for managing caches of objects. Caches serve as factories for CacheReference objects. These references can be cleared at any time after creation, using heuristics determined by the Cache implementation.

Since:

1.1

Author:

Thomas Down

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
CacheReference	makeReference(Object o)	Construct a temporary reference to an object.

Method Detail

makeReference

CacheReference makeReference(Object o)

Construct a temporary reference to an object. The reference persists until it becomes dereferenced itself, it is explicitly cleared by the user, or the cache determines that it is a candidate for disposal.