1 /*
2 * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package org.springframework.cache;
18
19 import java.util.Collection;
20
21 /**
22 * Spring's central cache manager SPI.
23 * Allows for retrieving named {@link Cache} regions.
24 *
25 * @author Costin Leau
26 * @since 3.1
27 */
28 public interface CacheManager {
29
30 /**
31 * Return the cache associated with the given name.
32 * @param name the cache identifier (must not be {@code null})
33 * @return the associated cache, or {@code null} if none found
34 */
35 Cache getCache(String name);
36
37 /**
38 * Return a collection of the cache names known by this manager.
39 * @return the names of all caches known by the cache manager
40 */
41 Collection<String> getCacheNames();
42
43 }