org.springframework.cache

Interface CacheManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCacheManager, CompositeCacheManager, ConcurrentMapCacheManager, NoOpCacheManager, SimpleCacheManager

public interface CacheManager

Spring's central cache manager SPI. Allows for retrieving named Cache regions.

Since:

3.1

Author:

Costin Leau

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Cache	getCache(String name) Return the cache associated with the given name.
Collection<String>	getCacheNames() Return a collection of the cache names known by this manager.

Method Detail

getCache

Cache getCache(String name)

Return the cache associated with the given name.

Parameters:

name - the cache identifier (must not be null)

Returns:

the associated cache, or null if none found

getCacheNames

Collection<String> getCacheNames()

Return a collection of the cache names known by this manager.

Returns:

the names of all caches known by the cache manager