CacheUtil (Payara Project 6.2022.1.Alpha3 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.sun.appserv.web.taglibs.cache.CacheUtil

```
public class CacheUtil
extends Object
```
CacheUtil has utility methods used by the cache tag library.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

CacheUtil()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static int`	`convertScope(String scope)`
`static String`	`generateKey(String key, jakarta.servlet.jsp.PageContext pc)`	This function generates the key to the cache.
`static Cache`	`getCache(jakarta.servlet.jsp.PageContext pc, int scope)`	This is used to get the cache itself.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - CacheUtil
```
public CacheUtil()
```
- Method Detail
  - getCache
```
public static Cache getCache(jakarta.servlet.jsp.PageContext pc,
                             int scope)
```
    This is used to get the cache itself. The cache is stored as an attribute in the specified scope.
    
    Returns:
    
    the cache object
  - generateKey
```
public static String generateKey(String key,
                                 jakarta.servlet.jsp.PageContext pc)
```
    This function generates the key to the cache. It creates the key by suffixing the servlet path with either the user-specified key or by keeping a counter in the request attribute which it will increment each time so that multiple cache tags in a page each get a unique key.
    
    Returns:
    
    the generated key
  - convertScope
```
public static int convertScope(String scope)
```