com.bea.p13n.property
Interface EntityPropertyCache

public interface EntityPropertyCache

extends java.io.Serializable

Class used to hold properties for a given entity. An instance of this class is used as the runtime store for a ConfigurableEntity EJB during its lifecycle, as a container to pass properties from the EntityPropertyManager to an entity, and as a container to cache properties in the application-wide cache by the EntityPropertyManager.

See Also:

ConfigurableEntity, EntityPropertyManager

Method Summary

void	clear() Clear the cache
java.lang.Object	get(PropertyMapKey key) Get a value from the cache
java.util.Map	getMap() Get the entire map that backs up the cache
void	put(PropertyMapKey key, java.lang.Object value) Put a value in the cache
void	putAll(java.util.Map map) Add all the key/value pairs from the given map to the cache
void	remove(PropertyMapKey key) Remove a value from the cache

Method Detail

get

public java.lang.Object get(PropertyMapKey key)

Get a value from the cache

Parameters:

key - the key to lookup

Returns:

the property value, or null if there is none.

remove

public void remove(PropertyMapKey key)

Remove a value from the cache

Parameters:

key - the key to remove

put

public void put(PropertyMapKey key,
                java.lang.Object value)

Put a value in the cache

Parameters:

key - the key of the new value

value - the value to cache

putAll

public void putAll(java.util.Map map)

Add all the key/value pairs from the given map to the cache

Parameters:

map - the Map containing values to add

getMap

public java.util.Map getMap()

Get the entire map that backs up the cache

Returns:

a Map of PropertyMapKey/value pairs

clear

public void clear()

Clear the cache