javax.cache.spi
Interface CacheManagerFactoryProvider

public interface CacheManagerFactoryProvider

Interface that should be implemented by a CacheManager factory provider. It is invoked by the CacheManagerFactory class to create a CacheManager

Since:

1.0

Author:

Yannis Cosmadopoulos

See Also:

CacheManagerFactory

Method Summary

CacheManager	createCacheManager(String name) Called by the CacheManagerFactory class when a new CacheManager needs to be created.
boolean	isSupported(OptionalFeature optionalFeature) Indicates whether a optional feature is supported by this implementation

Method Detail

createCacheManager

CacheManager createCacheManager(String name)

Called by the CacheManagerFactory class when a new CacheManager needs to be created.

An implementation of this interface must have a public no-arg constructor.

The name may be used to associate a configuration with this CacheManager instance.

Parameters:

name - the name of this cache manager

Returns:

a new cache manager.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if name is null

isSupported

boolean isSupported(OptionalFeature optionalFeature)

Indicates whether a optional feature is supported by this implementation

Parameters:

optionalFeature - the feature to check for

Returns:

true if the feature is supported