001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package org.springframework.cache; 018 019import java.util.Collection; 020 021/** 022 * Spring's central cache manager SPI. 023 * 024 * <p>Allows for retrieving named {@link Cache} regions. 025 * 026 * @author Costin Leau 027 * @author Sam Brannen 028 * @since 3.1 029 */ 030public interface CacheManager { 031 032 /** 033 * Get the cache associated with the given name. 034 * <p>Note that the cache may be lazily created at runtime if the 035 * native provider supports it. 036 * @param name the cache identifier (must not be {@code null}) 037 * @return the associated cache, or {@code null} if such a cache 038 * does not exist or could be not created 039 */ 040 Cache getCache(String name); 041 042 /** 043 * Get a collection of the cache names known by this manager. 044 * @return the names of all caches known by the cache manager 045 */ 046 Collection<String> getCacheNames(); 047 048}