net.sf.ehcache.writer
Class CacheWriterFactory

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.ehcache.writer.CacheWriterFactory

public abstract class CacheWriterFactory
extends java.lang.Object

An abstract factory for creating cache writers. Implementers should provide their own concrete factory extending this factory.

Note that Ehcache API also allows the CacheWriter to be set programmatically.

Version:

$Id: CacheWriterFactory.java 1700 2010-01-22 01:20:14Z gbevin $

Author:

Greg Luck, Geert Bevin

Constructor Summary

CacheWriterFactory()

Method Summary

abstract CacheWriter

createCacheWriter(Ehcache cache, java.util.Properties properties) Creates a CacheWriter using the Ehcache configuration mechanism at the time the associated cache is created.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CacheWriterFactory

public CacheWriterFactory()

Method Detail

createCacheWriter

public abstract CacheWriter createCacheWriter(Ehcache cache,
                                              java.util.Properties properties)

Creates a CacheWriter using the Ehcache configuration mechanism at the time the associated cache is created.

Parameters:

cache - a reference to the owning cache

properties - configuration properties that will be ignored by Ehcache, but may be useful for specifying the underlying resource. e.g. dataSourceName could be specified and then looked up in JNDI.

Returns:

a constructed CacheWriter