Package org.ehcache.spi.copy

Interface CopyProvider

All Superinterfaces:

Service

public interface CopyProvider
extends Service

A Service providing Copier instances.

The CacheManager obtains an instance of this Service prior to creating any Cache instances. Before creating each Cache instance, the CacheManager calls the createKeyCopier(Class, Serializer, ServiceConfiguration[]) and createValueCopier(Class, Serializer, ServiceConfiguration[]) methods to obtain Copier instances supplied to the Cache.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T> Copier<T>	createKeyCopier(java.lang.Class<T> clazz, Serializer<T> serializer, ServiceConfiguration<?,?>... configs)	Creates a key Copier with the given parameters.
<T> Copier<T>	createValueCopier(java.lang.Class<T> clazz, Serializer<T> serializer, ServiceConfiguration<?,?>... configs)	Creates a value Copier with the given parameters.
void	releaseCopier(Copier<?> copier)	Releases the provided Copier instance.

Methods inherited from interface org.ehcache.spi.service.Service

start, stop

Method Detail

createKeyCopier

<T> Copier<T> createKeyCopier(java.lang.Class<T> clazz,
                              Serializer<T> serializer,
                              ServiceConfiguration<?,?>... configs)

Creates a key Copier with the given parameters.

Type Parameters:

T - the type to copy to/from

Parameters:

clazz - the class of the type to copy to/from

serializer - the key serializer configured for the Cache for which the Copier is being created; may be null. If provided, this serializer may be used during the copy operation.

configs - specific configurations

Returns:

a non null Copier instance

createValueCopier

<T> Copier<T> createValueCopier(java.lang.Class<T> clazz,
                                Serializer<T> serializer,
                                ServiceConfiguration<?,?>... configs)

Creates a value Copier with the given parameters.

Type Parameters:

T - the type to copy to/from

Parameters:

clazz - the class of the type to copy to/from

serializer - the value serializer configured for the Cache for which the Copier is being created; may be null. If provided, this serializer may be used during the copy operation.

configs - specific configurations

Returns:

a non null Copier instance

releaseCopier

void releaseCopier(Copier<?> copier)
            throws java.lang.Exception

Releases the provided Copier instance. If the copier instance is provided by the user, Closeable.close() will not be invoked.

Parameters:

copier - the copier instance to be released

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - when the release fails