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, Sam Brannen

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

getCache

@Nullable
Cache getCache(String name)

Get the cache associated with the given name.

Note that the cache may be lazily created at runtime if the native provider supports it.

Parameters:

name - the cache identifier (must not be null)

Returns:

the associated cache, or null if such a cache does not exist or could be not created

getCacheNames

Collection<String> getCacheNames()

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

Returns:

the names of all caches known by the cache manager