Interface KeyGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleKeyGenerator

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface KeyGenerator

Cache key generator. Used for creating a key based on the given method (used as context) and its parameters.

Since:

3.1

Author:

Costin Leau, Chris Beams, Phillip Webb

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	generate(Object target, Method method, @Nullable Object... params)	Generate a key for the given method and its parameters.

Method Details

generate

Object generate(Object target,
 Method method,
 @Nullable Object... params)

Generate a key for the given method and its parameters.

Parameters:

target - the target instance

method - the method being called

params - the method parameters (with any var-args expanded)

Returns:

a generated key