public Cache buildCache(String region,
    Properties properties) throws CacheException 
{
	                                            	 
		int refreshPeriod = PropertiesHelper.getInt(
			StringHelper.qualify(region, OSCACHE_REFRESH_PERIOD),
			OSCACHE_PROPERTIES,
			CacheEntry.INDEFINITE_EXPIRY
		);
		String cron = OSCACHE_PROPERTIES.getProperty( StringHelper.qualify(region, OSCACHE_CRON) );
		// construct the cache
		final OSCache cache = new OSCache(refreshPeriod, cron, region);
		Integer capacity = PropertiesHelper.getInteger( StringHelper.qualify(region, OSCACHE_CAPACITY), OSCACHE_PROPERTIES );
		if ( capacity!=null ) cache.setCacheCapacity( capacity.intValue() );
		return cache;
}

Builds a new Cache instance, and gets it's properties from the OSCache Config which reads the properties file (oscache.properties) from the classpath. If the file cannot be found or loaded, an the defaults are used.

 public boolean isMinimalPutsEnabledByDefault() 
{
		return false;
}

 public long nextTimestamp() 
{
		return Timestamper.next();
}

 public  void start(Properties properties) throws CacheException 
{

}

Callback to perform any necessary initialization of the underlying cache implementation during SessionFactory construction.

 public  void stop() 
{

}

Callback to perform any necessary cleanup of the underlying cache implementation during SessionFactory.close().