org.apache.jetspeed.decoration
Interface PathResolverCache

public interface PathResolverCache

Simple caching mechanism for storing pathed that were previously located by a ResourceValidator. This allows a Decoration to bypass hitting the ResourceValidator repeatedly after a path is already known to exist.

Author:

Scott T. Weaver

See Also:

ResourceValidator

Method Summary

void	addPath(String key, String path) Adds a recolved path to the the cache using its relative path as the key
void	clear() Clears the entire contents of this cache object.
String	getPath(String key) Returns a previously located path using its retlative path as the code.
String	removePath(String key) Removes a full path to a resource from the cache using its relative path as the key.

Method Detail

addPath

void addPath(String key,
             String path)

Adds a recolved path to the the cache using its relative path as the key

Parameters:

key - key relative path of the resource.

path - full path to resource

getPath

String getPath(String key)

Returns a previously located path using its retlative path as the code.

Parameters:

key - relative path of the resource.

Returns:

full path to resource or null if no resource for the key exists.

removePath

String removePath(String key)

Removes a full path to a resource from the cache using its relative path as the key.

Parameters:

key -

Returns:

The full path to the resource or null if the resource path was not cached.

clear

void clear()

Clears the entire contents of this cache object.