org.sape.carbon.services.cache
Interface MultiGetCache

All Superinterfaces:

Cache, FunctionalInterface, Map, Schedulable

All Known Implementing Classes:

MultiGetMRUCache

public interface MultiGetCache

extends Cache

Interface implemented by caches that can return multiple entries with on method call. Copyright 2002 Sapient

Since:

carbon 1.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.6 $($Author: dvoet $ / $Date: 2003/05/05 21:21:07 $)

Author:

Douglas Voet, April, 2002

Method Summary

Map	getMultiple(Set keys) Gets multiple data elements from the cache.

Methods inherited from interface org.sape.carbon.services.cache.Cache

refreshAll

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

clear, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keySet, put, putAll, remove, size, values

Methods inherited from interface org.sape.carbon.services.scheduler.Schedulable

runScheduledTask

Method Detail

getMultiple

public Map getMultiple(Set keys)

Gets multiple data elements from the cache.

Parameters:

keys - a Set of the keys to get

Returns:

Map a map keyed by the elements of the parameter keys, the values are the corresponding data elements in the cache. Only found elements are returned.