com.rubecula.darwin.domain.helper
Interface Cache

All Superinterfaces:

Cache_MBean

All Known Implementing Classes:

Cache_, FitnessCache, PhenotypeCache

public interface Cache
extends Cache_MBean

This defines a general caching mechanism where the cache is made up of entries of the form: key -> value, for example when some significant amount of calculation is required to generate value and we therefore prefer to look it up to see if it's already been calculated. The key is what we use to look it up (and therefore each key should be unique and typically, but not necessarily, point to a different value. TODO consider moving this to the foundation package (along with other Cache-related classes)

Author:

Robin Hillyard

Method Summary

void	flush() Clear all entries from the cache

Methods inherited from interface com.rubecula.darwin.domain.helper.Cache_MBean

count, isActive, setActive

Method Detail

flush

void flush()

Clear all entries from the cache