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Interface ValueCache<K,V>

Type Parameters:

K - the type of cache keys

V - the type of cache values

All Known Implementing Classes:

NoOpValueCache

@PublicSpi
public interface ValueCache<K,V>

The ValueCache is used by data loaders that use caching and want a long-lived or external cache of values. The ValueCache is used as a place to cache values when they come back from an async cache store.

It differs from CacheMap which is in fact a cache of promised values aka CompletableFuture<V>'s.

ValueCache is more suited to be a wrapper of a long-lived or externallly cached values. CompletableFutures cant be easily placed in an external cache outside the JVM say, hence the need for the ValueCache.

DataLoaders use a two stage cache strategy if caching is enabled. If the CacheMap already has the promise to a value that is used. If not then the ValueCache is asked for a value, if it has one then that is returned (and cached as a promise in the CacheMap.

If there is no value then the key is queued and loaded via the BatchLoader calls. The returned values will then be stored in the ValueCache and the promises to those values are also stored in the CacheMap.

The default implementation is a no-op store which replies with the key always missing and doesn't store any actual results. This is to avoid duplicating the stored data between the CacheMap out of the box.

The API signature uses CompletableFutures because the backing implementation MAY be a remote external cache and hence exceptions may happen in retrieving values and they may take time to complete.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture<java.lang.Void>	clear() Clears all entries from the value cache.
static <K,V> ValueCache<K,V>	defaultValueCache() Creates a new value cache, using the default no-op implementation.
java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture<java.lang.Void>	delete(K key) Deletes the entry with the specified key from the value cache, if it exists.
java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture<V>	get(K key) Gets the specified key from the value cache.
default java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture<java.util.List<Try<V>>>	getValues(java.util.List<K> keys) Gets the specified keys from the value cache, in a batch call.
java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture<V>	set(K key, V value) Stores the value with the specified key, or updates it if the key already exists.
default java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture<java.util.List<V>>	setValues(java.util.List<K> keys, java.util.List<V> values) Stores the value with the specified keys, or updates it if the keys if they already exist.

Method Detail

defaultValueCache

static <K,V> ValueCache<K,V> defaultValueCache()

Creates a new value cache, using the default no-op implementation.

Type Parameters:

K - the type of cache keys

V - the type of cache values

Returns:

the cache store

get

java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture<V> get(K key)

Gets the specified key from the value cache. If the key is not present, then the implementation MUST return an exceptionally completed future and not null because null is a valid cacheable value. An exceptionally completed future will cause DataLoader to load the key via batch loading instead.

Parameters:

key - the key to retrieve

Returns:

a future containing the cached value (which maybe null) or exceptionally completed future if the key does not exist in the cache.

getValues

default java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture<java.util.List<Try<V>>> getValues(java.util.List<K> keys)

Gets the specified keys from the value cache, in a batch call. If your underlying cache cant do batch caching retrieval then do not implement this method and it will delegate back to get(Object) for you

Each item in the returned list of values is a Try. If the key could not be found then a failed Try just be returned otherwise a successful Try contain the cached value is returned.

You MUST return a List that is the same size as the keys passed in. The code will assert if you do not.

Parameters:

keys - the list of keys to get cached values for.

Returns:

a future containing a list of Try cached values for each key passed in.

set

java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture<V> set(K key,
                                              V value)

Stores the value with the specified key, or updates it if the key already exists.

Parameters:

key - the key to store

value - the value to store

Returns:

a future containing the stored value for fluent composition

setValues

default java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture<java.util.List<V>> setValues(java.util.List<K> keys,
                                                                            java.util.List<V> values)

Stores the value with the specified keys, or updates it if the keys if they already exist. If your underlying cache cant do batch caching setting then do not implement this method and it will delegate back to set(Object, Object) for you

Parameters:

keys - the keys to store

values - the values to store

Returns:

a future containing the stored values for fluent composition

delete

java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture<java.lang.Void> delete(K key)

Deletes the entry with the specified key from the value cache, if it exists.

NOTE: Your implementation MUST not throw exceptions, rather it should return a CompletableFuture that has completed exceptionally. Failure to do this may cause the DataLoader code to not run properly.

Parameters:

key - the key to delete

Returns:

a void future for error handling and fluent composition

clear

java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture<java.lang.Void> clear()

Clears all entries from the value cache.

NOTE: Your implementation MUST not throw exceptions, rather it should return a CompletableFuture that has completed exceptionally. Failure to do this may cause the DataLoader code to not run properly.

Returns:

a void future for error handling and fluent composition