Package org.ehcache.config

Interface ResourcePools

public interface ResourcePools

A collection of resource pools that a Cache has at its disposal to store its mappings.

Implementations must be immutable.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<P extends ResourcePool> P	getPoolForResource(ResourceType<P> resourceType)	Gets a specific ResourcePool based on its type.
Set<ResourceType<?>>	getResourceTypeSet()	Gets the set of ResourceTypes present in the ResourcePools.
ResourcePools	validateAndMerge(ResourcePools toBeUpdated)	Get a copy of this ResourcePools merged with the given ResourcePools, validating that the updates to the contained ResourcePools are legal.

Method Detail

getPoolForResource

<P extends ResourcePool> P getPoolForResource(ResourceType<P> resourceType)

Gets a specific ResourcePool based on its type.

Type Parameters:

P - specific resource pool type

Parameters:

resourceType - the type of resource the pool is tracking

Returns:

the ResourcePool, or null if there is no pool of the requested type.

getResourceTypeSet

Set<ResourceType<?>> getResourceTypeSet()

Gets the set of ResourceTypes present in the ResourcePools.

Returns:

the set of ResourceType

validateAndMerge

ResourcePools validateAndMerge(ResourcePools toBeUpdated)
                        throws IllegalArgumentException,
                               UnsupportedOperationException

Get a copy of this ResourcePools merged with the given ResourcePools, validating that the updates to the contained ResourcePools are legal.

Parameters:

toBeUpdated - the ResourcePools to merge with the current one.

Returns:

a validated and merged ResourcePools

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - thrown when an illegal resource value is being given

UnsupportedOperationException - thrown when an unsupported update is requested