//$Id: CacheProvider.java 5685 2005-02-12 07:19:50Z steveebersole $
package org.hibernate.cache;
import java.util.Properties;
/**
* Support for pluggable caches.
*
* @author Gavin King
*/
public interface CacheProvider {
/**
* Configure the cache
*
* @param regionName the name of the cache region
* @param properties configuration settings
* @throws CacheException
*/
public Cache buildCache(String regionName, Properties properties) throws CacheException;
/**
* Generate a timestamp
*/
public long nextTimestamp();
/**
* Callback to perform any necessary initialization of the underlying cache implementation
* during SessionFactory construction.
*
* @param properties current configuration settings.
*/
public void start(Properties properties) throws CacheException;
/**
* Callback to perform any necessary cleanup of the underlying cache implementation
* during SessionFactory.close().
*/
public void stop();
public boolean isMinimalPutsEnabledByDefault();
}
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