iitb.con.caching
Class SimpleLRUCache<K,V>

java.lang.Object
  iitb.con.caching.SimpleLRUCache<K,V>

public class SimpleLRUCache<K,V>
extends java.lang.Object

A simple LRU cache. It does not implement the cache interface, which specifically uses CacheObject for cache object. This class allows to use any type as cache object.

Field Summary

int	MAX_ENTRIES Number of entries in the cache

Constructor Summary

SimpleLRUCache()

SimpleLRUCache(int maxEntries)

Method Summary

V	get(K key) Returns the cached object for the given key
V	put(K key, V object) Places the cache object in the cache using the key

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

MAX_ENTRIES

public int MAX_ENTRIES

Number of entries in the cache

Constructor Detail

SimpleLRUCache

public SimpleLRUCache()

SimpleLRUCache

public SimpleLRUCache(int maxEntries)

Method Detail

get

public V get(K key)

Returns the cached object for the given key

Parameters:

key - key used to retrieve the object

Returns:

cached object if present, else returns NULL

put

public V put(K key,
             V object)

Places the cache object in the cache using the key

Parameters:

key - key used to place the object

object - cache object

Returns:

true on success