com.bea.p13n.common
Interface ExpirationPolicy

public interface ExpirationPolicy

This interface contains the operations necessary to define an expiration policy. The implementing classes determine the strategy used to determine whether or not the policy has expired.

Method Summary

void	expire() Forces the policy to expire.
boolean	hasExpired(Object target) Returns the expiration status of the policy.

Method Detail

hasExpired

public boolean hasExpired(Object target)

Returns the expiration status of the policy.

Parameters:

target - the expiration target.

Returns:

true if the policy has expired.

expire

public void expire()

Forces the policy to expire.