org.springframework.cache

Interface CacheManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCacheManager, AbstractTransactionSupportingCacheManager, CaffeineCacheManager, CompositeCacheManager, ConcurrentMapCacheManager, EhCacheCacheManager, GuavaCacheManager, JCacheCacheManager, NoOpCacheManager, SimpleCacheManager, TransactionAwareCacheManagerProxy

public interface CacheManager

Spring's central cache manager SPI.

Allows for retrieving named Cache regions.

Since:

3.1

Author:

Costin Leau, Sam Brannen

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Cache	getCache(String name) Get the cache associated with the given name.
Collection<String>	getCacheNames() Get a collection of the cache names known by this manager.

Method Detail

getCache

Cache getCache(String name)

Get the cache associated with the given name.

Note that the cache may be lazily created at runtime if the native provider supports it.

Parameters:

name - the cache identifier (must not be null)

Returns:

the associated cache, or null if such a cache does not exist or could be not created

getCacheNames

Collection<String> getCacheNames()

Get a collection of the cache names known by this manager.

Returns:

the names of all caches known by the cache manager