freemarker.template.cache
Interface CacheRetriever

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileRetriever, LocalizedFileRetriever

public interface CacheRetriever

Interface for retrieving objects to be stored in a Cache. This interface may be implemented in order to retrieve templates from a different data store, such as a relational database.

Method Summary

boolean	connectionOk() Corresponds to checkCacheDir for file-system implementations.
boolean	exists(java.lang.String location) Tests whether the object still exists in the template repository.
java.lang.String	getConnection() Gets the connection for this retriever.
java.util.List	getPreloadData() Returns a list of objects (Strings) to pre-load the cache with.
long	lastModified(java.lang.String location) Determines when the object in the template repository was last modified.
Cacheable	loadData(java.lang.String location, java.lang.String type) Retrieves data of the appropriate type to be stored in the cache.
void	setConnection(java.lang.String connection) Sets the connection for this retriever.

Method Detail

loadData

Cacheable loadData(java.lang.String location,
                   java.lang.String type)
                   throws TemplateException

Retrieves data of the appropriate type to be stored in the cache.

Parameters:

location - the location of the data to be retrieved

type - the type of object to be returned

Returns:

a Cacheable object loaded from the data source

Throws:

TemplateException - the object could not be loaded

exists

boolean exists(java.lang.String location)

Tests whether the object still exists in the template repository. This may be redundant. Instead, lastModified could throw an appropriate exception.

Parameters:

location - the location of the object to be tested

Returns:

true if the object still exists in the repository, otherwise false

See Also:

lastModified(java.lang.String)

lastModified

long lastModified(java.lang.String location)
                  throws TemplateException

Determines when the object in the template repository was last modified.

Parameters:

location - the location of the object to be tested

Returns:

milliseconds since 1970 of the time the item was last modified

Throws:

TemplateException - is thrown whenever the item:

• does not exist
• is the wrong type (eg. a directory, not a file)

getPreloadData

java.util.List getPreloadData()
                              throws TemplateException

Returns a list of objects (Strings) to pre-load the cache with.

Returns:

a List of Strings to preload the cache with

Throws:

TemplateException

connectionOk

boolean connectionOk()
                     throws TemplateException

Corresponds to checkCacheDir for file-system implementations.

Returns:

true if the connection is ok, otherwise false

Throws:

TemplateException - whenever the connection has failed, and cannot be re-established

setConnection

void setConnection(java.lang.String connection)

Sets the connection for this retriever. Corresponds to setPath for file-system implementations.

Parameters:

connection - the connection string for this retriever

getConnection

java.lang.String getConnection()

Gets the connection for this retriever. Corresponds to getPath for file-system implementations.

Returns:

the connection string used to connect to this retriever