org.springframework.cache.annotation

Interface CacheAnnotationParser

All Known Implementing Classes:

SpringCacheAnnotationParser

public interface CacheAnnotationParser

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

Since:

3.1

Author:

Costin Leau, Stephane Nicoll

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collection<CacheOperation>	parseCacheAnnotations(Class<?> type) Parses the cache definition for the given class, based on a known annotation type.
Collection<CacheOperation>	parseCacheAnnotations(Method method) Parses the cache definition for the given method, based on a known annotation type.

Method Detail

parseCacheAnnotations

Collection<CacheOperation> parseCacheAnnotations(Class<?> type)

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

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

Parameters:

type - the annotated class

Returns:

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

See Also:

AnnotationCacheOperationSource.findCacheOperations(Class)

parseCacheAnnotations

Collection<CacheOperation> parseCacheAnnotations(Method method)

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

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

Parameters:

method - the annotated method

Returns:

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

See Also:

AnnotationCacheOperationSource.findCacheOperations(Method)