org.springframework.cache.annotation
Interface CacheAnnotationParser

All Known Implementing Classes:

SpringCachingAnnotationParser

public interface CacheAnnotationParser

Strategy interface for parsing known caching annotation types. AnnotationCacheDefinitionSource delegates to such parsers for supporting specific annotation types such as Spring's own Cacheable or CacheEvict.

Author:

Costin Leau

Method Summary

CacheOperation

parseCacheAnnotation(AnnotatedElement ae) Parses the cache definition for the given method or class, based on a known annotation type.

Method Detail

parseCacheAnnotation

CacheOperation parseCacheAnnotation(AnnotatedElement ae)

Parses the cache definition for the given method or class, based on a known annotation type.

This essentially parses a known cache annotation into Spring's metadata attribute class. Returns null if the method/class is not cacheable.

Parameters:

ae - the annotated method or class

Returns:

CacheOperation the configured caching operation, or null if none was found

See Also:

AnnotationCacheOperationSource.determineCacheOperation(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement)