com.opensymphony.oscache.base: public interface: EntryRefreshPolicy

com.opensymphony.oscache.base
public interface: EntryRefreshPolicy [javadoc | source]

All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:
ExpiresRefreshPolicy, WebEntryRefreshPolicy, DummyAlwayRefreshEntryPolicy

Interface that allows custom code to be called when checking to see if a cache entry has expired. This is useful when the rules that determine when content needs refreshing are beyond the base funtionality offered by OSCache.

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author: < - a href="mailto:fbeauregard@pyxis-tech.com">Francois Beauregard

Method from com.opensymphony.oscache.base.EntryRefreshPolicy Summary:
needsRefresh

Method from com.opensymphony.oscache.base.EntryRefreshPolicy Detail:
public boolean needsRefresh(CacheEntry entry) Indicates whether the supplied `CacheEntry` needs to be refreshed. This will be called when retrieving an entry from the cache - if this method returns `true` then a `NeedsRefreshException` will be thrown.

Method from com.opensymphony.oscache.base.EntryRefreshPolicy Detail:

 public boolean needsRefresh(CacheEntry entry)Indicates whether the supplied CacheEntry needs to be refreshed.
This will be called when retrieving an entry from the cache - if this method
returns true then a NeedsRefreshException will be
thrown.