Cache.Key

All Known Implementing Classes:

CacheManager.HashKey

Enclosing interface:

Cache
```
public static interface Cache.Key
```
Interface for the cache key which can be implemented by consumers The key should implement equals and hashCode It must must return the time the key was created.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object obj)`
`java.time.Instant`	`getTime()`	The time the key was created to be used by purging functions
`int`	`hashCode()`	As much as is reasonably practical, the hashCode method defined by class `Object` does return distinct integers for distinct objects.

- Method Detail
  - equals
```
boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)
```
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class java.lang.Object
    
    Parameters:
    
    obj - the reference object with which to compare.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this object is the same as the obj argument; false otherwise.
    
    See Also:
    
    hashCode(), HashMap
  - hashCode
```
int hashCode()
```
    As much as is reasonably practical, the hashCode method defined by class Object does return distinct integers for distinct objects. (The hashCode may or may not be implemented as some function of an object's memory address at some point in time.)
    
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class java.lang.Object
    
    Returns:
    
    a hash code value for this object.
    
    See Also:
    
    Object.equals(java.lang.Object), System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)
  - getTime
```
java.time.Instant getTime()
```
    The time the key was created to be used by purging functions
    
    Returns:
    
    the time as an instant