org.biojava.utils.cache
Interface CacheMap

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

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