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Aug 21, 2014 - Hangout on Air

org.ehcache.Cache vs. org.ehcache.spi.cache.Store

Both those interfaces exist today. Yet what is each’s concerns aren’t well identified.

Cache<K, V> backed by a Store<K, Element<V>> ?

1. Rename Element ?

2. Store<K, Element<V>> vs. Store<Element<K, V>> ?

Roles

How much can be solved by having the Cache call into some Store.process(K, EntryProcessor<K, V, T>): T equivalent?

1. Cache Roles

   1. Store by Value vs. Ref.

   2. Expiry ?

   3. Cache lifecycle

   4. BootstrapCacheLoader

   5. CacheLoaders

   6. CacheWriters

   7. Listeners ?

   8. Stats ?

2. Store Roles

   1. Eviction

   2. Expiry ?

   3. Listeners ?

   4. Stats ?