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| * Copyright (C) 2011 The Guava Authors |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
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| */ |
| |
| package com.google.common.cache; |
| |
| import com.google.common.annotations.Beta; |
| import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible; |
| import com.google.common.base.Function; |
| import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap; |
| import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ExecutionError; |
| import com.google.common.util.concurrent.UncheckedExecutionException; |
| |
| import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap; |
| import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException; |
| |
| /** |
| * A semi-persistent mapping from keys to values. Values are automatically loaded by the cache, |
| * and are stored in the cache until either evicted or manually invalidated. |
| * |
| * <p>Implementations of this interface are expected to be thread-safe, and can be safely accessed |
| * by multiple concurrent threads. |
| * |
| * <p>When evaluated as a {@link Function}, a cache yields the same result as invoking |
| * {@link #getUnchecked}. |
| * |
| * <p>Note that while this class is still annotated as {@link Beta}, the API is frozen from a |
| * consumer's standpoint. In other words existing methods are all considered {@code non-Beta} and |
| * won't be changed without going through an 18 month deprecation cycle; however new methods may be |
| * added at any time. |
| * |
| * @author Charles Fry |
| * @since 11.0 |
| */ |
| @Beta |
| @GwtCompatible |
| public interface LoadingCache<K, V> extends Cache<K, V>, Function<K, V> { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the value associated with {@code key} in this cache, first loading that value if |
| * necessary. No observable state associated with this cache is modified until loading completes. |
| * |
| * <p>If another call to {@link #get} or {@link #getUnchecked} is currently loading the value for |
| * {@code key}, simply waits for that thread to finish and returns its loaded value. Note that |
| * multiple threads can concurrently load values for distinct keys. |
| * |
| * <p>Caches loaded by a {@link CacheLoader} will call {@link CacheLoader#load} to load new values |
| * into the cache. Newly loaded values are added to the cache using |
| * {@code Cache.asMap().putIfAbsent} after loading has completed; if another value was associated |
| * with {@code key} while the new value was loading then a removal notification will be sent for |
| * the new value. |
| * |
| * <p>If the cache loader associated with this cache is known not to throw checked |
| * exceptions, then prefer {@link #getUnchecked} over this method. |
| * |
| * @throws ExecutionException if a checked exception was thrown while loading the value. ({@code |
| * ExecutionException} is thrown <a |
| * href="http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/wiki/CachesExplained#Interruption">even if |
| * computation was interrupted by an {@code InterruptedException}</a>.) |
| * @throws UncheckedExecutionException if an unchecked exception was thrown while loading the |
| * value |
| * @throws ExecutionError if an error was thrown while loading the value |
| */ |
| V get(K key) throws ExecutionException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the value associated with {@code key} in this cache, first loading that value if |
| * necessary. No observable state associated with this cache is modified until loading |
| * completes. Unlike {@link #get}, this method does not throw a checked exception, and thus should |
| * only be used in situations where checked exceptions are not thrown by the cache loader. |
| * |
| * <p>If another call to {@link #get} or {@link #getUnchecked} is currently loading the value for |
| * {@code key}, simply waits for that thread to finish and returns its loaded value. Note that |
| * multiple threads can concurrently load values for distinct keys. |
| * |
| * <p>Caches loaded by a {@link CacheLoader} will call {@link CacheLoader#load} to load new values |
| * into the cache. Newly loaded values are added to the cache using |
| * {@code Cache.asMap().putIfAbsent} after loading has completed; if another value was associated |
| * with {@code key} while the new value was loading then a removal notification will be sent for |
| * the new value. |
| * |
| * <p><b>Warning:</b> this method silently converts checked exceptions to unchecked exceptions, |
| * and should not be used with cache loaders which throw checked exceptions. In such cases use |
| * {@link #get} instead. |
| * |
| * @throws UncheckedExecutionException if an exception was thrown while loading the value. (As |
| * explained in the last paragraph above, this should be an unchecked exception only.) |
| * @throws ExecutionError if an error was thrown while loading the value |
| */ |
| V getUnchecked(K key); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a map of the values associated with {@code keys}, creating or retrieving those values |
| * if necessary. The returned map contains entries that were already cached, combined with newly |
| * loaded entries; it will never contain null keys or values. |
| * |
| * <p>Caches loaded by a {@link CacheLoader} will issue a single request to |
| * {@link CacheLoader#loadAll} for all keys which are not already present in the cache. All |
| * entries returned by {@link CacheLoader#loadAll} will be stored in the cache, over-writing |
| * any previously cached values. This method will throw an exception if |
| * {@link CacheLoader#loadAll} returns {@code null}, returns a map containing null keys or values, |
| * or fails to return an entry for each requested key. |
| * |
| * <p>Note that duplicate elements in {@code keys}, as determined by {@link Object#equals}, will |
| * be ignored. |
| * |
| * @throws ExecutionException if a checked exception was thrown while loading the value. ({@code |
| * ExecutionException} is thrown <a |
| * href="http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/wiki/CachesExplained#Interruption">even if |
| * computation was interrupted by an {@code InterruptedException}</a>.) |
| * @throws UncheckedExecutionException if an unchecked exception was thrown while loading the |
| * values |
| * @throws ExecutionError if an error was thrown while loading the values |
| * @since 11.0 |
| */ |
| ImmutableMap<K, V> getAll(Iterable<? extends K> keys) throws ExecutionException; |
| |
| /** |
| * @deprecated Provided to satisfy the {@code Function} interface; use {@link #get} or |
| * {@link #getUnchecked} instead. |
| * @throws UncheckedExecutionException if an exception was thrown while loading the value. (As |
| * described in the documentation for {@link #getUnchecked}, {@code LoadingCache} should be |
| * used as a {@code Function} only with cache loaders that throw only unchecked exceptions.) |
| */ |
| @Deprecated |
| @Override |
| V apply(K key); |
| |
| /** |
| * Loads a new value for key {@code key}, possibly asynchronously. While the new value is loading |
| * the previous value (if any) will continue to be returned by {@code get(key)} unless it is |
| * evicted. If the new value is loaded successfully it will replace the previous value in the |
| * cache; if an exception is thrown while refreshing the previous value will remain, <i>and the |
| * exception will be logged (using {@link java.util.logging.Logger}) and swallowed</i>. |
| * |
| * <p>Caches loaded by a {@link CacheLoader} will call {@link CacheLoader#reload} if the |
| * cache currently contains a value for {@code key}, and {@link CacheLoader#load} otherwise. |
| * Loading is asynchronous only if {@link CacheLoader#reload} was overridden with an |
| * asynchronous implementation. |
| * |
| * <p>Returns without doing anything if another thread is currently loading the value for |
| * {@code key}. If the cache loader associated with this cache performs refresh asynchronously |
| * then this method may return before refresh completes. |
| * |
| * @since 11.0 |
| */ |
| void refresh(K key); |
| |
| /** |
| * {@inheritDoc} |
| * |
| * <p><b>Note that although the view <i>is</i> modifiable, no method on the returned map will ever |
| * cause entries to be automatically loaded.</b> |
| */ |
| @Override |
| ConcurrentMap<K, V> asMap(); |
| } |