net.sf.hibernate.cache
Interface CacheProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

EhCacheProvider, HashtableCacheProvider, JCSCacheProvider, OSCacheProvider, SwarmCacheProvider, TreeCacheProvider

public interface CacheProvider

Support for pluggable caches.

Author:

Gavin King

Method Summary

Cache	buildCache(String regionName, Properties properties) Configure the cache
long	nextTimestamp() Generate a timestamp

Method Detail

buildCache

public Cache buildCache(String regionName,
                        Properties properties)
                 throws CacheException

Configure the cache

Parameters:

regionName - the name of the cache region

properties - configuration settings

Throws:

CacheException

nextTimestamp

public long nextTimestamp()

Generate a timestamp