net.sf.ehcache.constructs.blocking

Interface CacheEntryFactory

All Known Subinterfaces:

UpdatingCacheEntryFactory

public interface CacheEntryFactory

Creates objects to populate the cache.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Greg Luck

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	createEntry(Object key) Creates the cacheEntry for the given cache key.

Method Detail

createEntry

Object createEntry(Object key)
            throws Exception

Creates the cacheEntry for the given cache key. ehcache requires cache entries to be serializable. Note that this method must be thread safe.

Returns:

The entry, or null if it does not exist.

Throws:

Exception - On failure creating the object.