com.wassilak.cache_service.entity

Class EntityFactory

java.lang.Object

com.wassilak.cache_service.entity.EntityFactory

public final class EntityFactory
extends Object

The EntityFactory class gives users the ability to create Entity objects.

Copyright (C) 2014 John Wassilak (john@wassilak.com)

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Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <T> Entity<T>	createEntity(T object, Long timeToLive) The createEntity method creates an Entity object with the given parameters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

createEntity

public static <T> Entity<T> createEntity(T object,
                                         Long timeToLive)
                                  throws EntityException

The createEntity method creates an Entity object with the given parameters.

Type Parameters:

T - The type of object that the Entity should contain.

Parameters:

object - The object represented by this Entity.

timeToLive - The time that the Entity can live before it should be removed from the cache, in milliseconds.

Returns:

An Entity object created with the given parameters.

Throws:

EntityException - If the entity is being created with invalid parameters.