net.sf.ehcache.pool

Interface PoolEvictor<T extends PoolParticipant>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the resources to free space on.

All Known Implementing Classes:

BalancedAccessEvictor, FromLargestCachePoolEvictor

public interface PoolEvictor<T extends PoolParticipant>

PoolEvictors are responsible for finding the best candidates in a collection of resources using a shared resource pool and performing eviction on them.

Author:

Ludovic Orban, Alex Snaps

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	freeSpace(Collection<PoolAccessor<T>> from, long bytes) Free at least N bytes from a collection of resources

Method Detail

freeSpace

boolean freeSpace(Collection<PoolAccessor<T>> from,
                  long bytes)

Free at least N bytes from a collection of resources

Parameters:

from - a collection of resources to free from

bytes - the number of bytes to free up

Returns:

true if at least N bytes could be freed