org.ehcache.config
Interface Configuration

public interface Configuration

Represents the configuration for a CacheManager.

Implementations are expected to be read-only.

Method Summary

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,CacheConfiguration<?,?>>	getCacheConfigurations() Mapping of aliases to CacheConfigurations, used to configure the Caches managed by the CacheManager.
java.lang.ClassLoader	getClassLoader() The ClassLoader for the CacheManager.
java.util.Collection<ServiceCreationConfiguration<?>>	getServiceCreationConfigurations() ServiceCreationConfiguration initially used to bootstrap the CacheManager and its Caches.

Method Detail

getCacheConfigurations

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,CacheConfiguration<?,?>> getCacheConfigurations()

Mapping of aliases to CacheConfigurations, used to configure the Caches managed by the CacheManager.

The map must not be null but can be empty. It must be unmodifiable.

Returns:

a map of aliases to cache configurations

getServiceCreationConfigurations

java.util.Collection<ServiceCreationConfiguration<?>> getServiceCreationConfigurations()

ServiceCreationConfiguration initially used to bootstrap the CacheManager and its Caches.

The collection must not be null but can be empty. Also it must be unmodifiable.

Returns:

a collection of service creations configurations

getClassLoader

java.lang.ClassLoader getClassLoader()

The ClassLoader for the CacheManager.

This ClassLoader will be used to instantiate cache manager level services and for Caches that do not have a specific ClassLoader.

The ClassLoader must not be null.

Returns:

the cache manager ClassLoader