org.springframework.cache
Interface CacheManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCacheManager, CompositeCacheManager, ConcurrentMapCacheManager, EhCacheCacheManager, NoOpCacheManager, SimpleCacheManager

public interface CacheManager

A manager for a set of Caches.

Since:

3.1

Author:

Costin Leau

Method Summary

Cache	getCache(java.lang.String name) Return the cache associated with the given name.
java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>	getCacheNames() Return a collection of the caches known by this cache manager.

Method Detail

getCache

Cache getCache(java.lang.String name)

Return the cache associated with the given name.

Parameters:

name - cache identifier (must not be null)

Returns:

associated cache, or null if none is found

getCacheNames

java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> getCacheNames()

Return a collection of the caches known by this cache manager.

Returns:

names of caches known by the cache manager.