net.sf.ehcache.hibernate
Class Provider

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.ehcache.hibernate.Provider

All Implemented Interfaces:

net.sf.hibernate.cache.CacheProvider

public class Provider

extends java.lang.Object

implements net.sf.hibernate.cache.CacheProvider

Cache Provider plugin for Hibernate Use hibernate.cache.provider_class=net.sf.ehcache.hibernate.Provider in Hibernate 2.1 or later.

Version:

$Id: Provider.java,v 1.4 2003/12/04 15:30:05 oneovthafew Exp $

Author:

Greg Luck

Constructor Summary

Provider()

Method Summary

net.sf.hibernate.cache.Cache	buildCache(java.lang.String name, java.util.Properties properties) Builds a Cache.
long	nextTimestamp() Returns the next timestamp.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Provider

public Provider()

Method Detail

buildCache

public net.sf.hibernate.cache.Cache buildCache(java.lang.String name,
                                               java.util.Properties properties)
                                        throws net.sf.hibernate.cache.CacheException

Builds a Cache.

Even though this method provides properties, they are not used. Properties for EHCache are specified in the ehcache.xml file. Configuration will be read from ehcache.xml for a cache declaration where the name attribute matches the name parameter in this builder.

Specified by:

buildCache in interface net.sf.hibernate.cache.CacheProvider

Parameters:

name - the name of the cache. Must match a cache configured in ehcache.xml

properties - not used

Returns:

a newly built cache will be built and initialised

Throws:

net.sf.hibernate.cache.CacheException - inter alia, if a cache of the same name already exists

nextTimestamp

public long nextTimestamp()

Returns the next timestamp.

Specified by:

nextTimestamp in interface net.sf.hibernate.cache.CacheProvider