CacheMap (biojava-legacy 1.9.5 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

FixedSizeMap, WeakCacheMap
```
public interface CacheMap
```
Interface for managing caches of objects fetchable by key.

The map may chose to remove a mapping, for example to free memory, or if the data has become too old to be useful.

Since:

1.1

Author:

Matthew Pocock

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`get(Object key)`	Retrieve the Object associated with the key, or null if either no value has been associated or if the key's value has been cleared by the cache.
`void`	`put(Object key, Object value)`	Associate a value with a key.
`void`	`remove(Object value)`	Explicitly remove an object.

- Method Detail
  - put
```
void put(Object key,
         Object value)
```
    Associate a value with a key. The association may be broken at any time.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - the key Object
    
    value - the Object to associate with the key
  - get
```
Object get(Object key)
```
    Retrieve the Object associated with the key, or null if either no value has been associated or if the key's value has been cleared by the cache.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - the key Object
    
    Returns:
    
    the Object currently associated with the key
  - remove
```
void remove(Object value)
```
    Explicitly remove an object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the item to remove