org.webmacro.resource
Interface ResourceLoader

All Known Implementing Classes:

BrokerTemplateProviderHelper, CachingProvider, Encoder

public interface ResourceLoader

Methods to be implemented by a resource loader, which will work with a cache manager.

Since:

0.96

Author:

Brian Goetz

See Also:

CachingProvider, CacheManager

Method Summary

void	init(Broker b, Settings config) Initialize this provider based on the specified config.
java.lang.Object	load(java.lang.Object query, CacheElement ce) Load an object from permanent storage (or construct it) on demand.
java.lang.Object	load(java.lang.String query, CacheElement ce) Load an object from permanent storage (or construct it) on demand.

Method Detail

load

public java.lang.Object load(java.lang.String query,
                             CacheElement ce)
                      throws ResourceException

Load an object from permanent storage (or construct it) on demand.

Throws:

ResourceException

load

public java.lang.Object load(java.lang.Object query,
                             CacheElement ce)
                      throws ResourceException

Load an object from permanent storage (or construct it) on demand. Classes which extend CachingProvider don't need to supply this, since providers will only be called with String queries.

Throws:

ResourceException

init

public void init(Broker b,
                 Settings config)
          throws InitException

Initialize this provider based on the specified config.

Throws:

InitException