001package org.cache2k;
002
003/*
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005 * cache2k api only package
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024
025/**
026 * Calculates the time when the object needs to be updated next.
027 * 
028 * @author Jens Wilke; created: 2010-06-24
029 */
030public abstract interface RefreshController<T> {
031
032  /**
033   * Return time of next refresh (expiry time) in milliseconds since epoch.
034   * If 0 is returned, this means entry expires immediately, or is always
035   * fetched from the source. If {@link Long#MAX_VALUE} is returned it means
036   * there is no specific expiry time known or needed. In this case a reasonable
037   * default can be assumed for the expiry, the cache will use the
038   * configured expiry time.
039   *
040   * @param _oldObject the value currently in the cache. null if it is not
041   *                   in the cache, is a null value (null is supported for values)
042   *                   or the previous fetch operation yielded in an exception.
043   * @param _timeOfLastRefresh time of the last cache refresh, a put or a fetch
044   *                           from the cache source.
045   * @param _newObject the value which will be put in the cache.
046   * @param now this is the current time in millis. If a cache source was used to
047   *            fetch the value, this is the time before the fetch was started.
048   * @return time of next refresh in millis. 0 if it should not be cached at all.
049   */
050  public abstract long calculateNextRefreshTime(
051    T _oldObject,
052    T _newObject,
053    long _timeOfLastRefresh,
054    long now);
055
056}