org.apache.velocity.util.introspection
Interface IntrospectorCache

All Known Implementing Classes:

IntrospectorCacheImpl

public interface IntrospectorCache

The introspector cache API definition.

Since:

1.5

Version:

$Id: IntrospectorCache.java 685685 2008-08-13 21:43:27Z nbubna $

Author:

Henning P. Schmiedehausen

Method Summary

void	clear() Clears the internal cache.
ClassMap	get(Class c) Lookup a given Class object in the cache.
ClassMap	put(Class c) Creates a class map for specific class and registers it in the cache.

Method Detail

clear

public void clear()

Clears the internal cache.

get

public ClassMap get(Class c)

Lookup a given Class object in the cache. If it does not exist, check whether this is due to a class change and purge the caches eventually.

Parameters:

c - The class to look up.

Returns:

A ClassMap object or null if it does not exist in the cache.

put

public ClassMap put(Class c)

Creates a class map for specific class and registers it in the cache. Also adds the qualified name to the name->class map for later Classloader change detection.

Parameters:

c - The class for which the class map gets generated.

Returns:

A ClassMap object.