net.sourceforge.rcache
Interface KeyedReference<K,V>

Type Parameters:

K - the type of keys maintained by this cache

V - the type of cached values

All Known Implementing Classes:

SoftKeyedReference, WeakKeyedReference

public interface KeyedReference<K,V>

Reference with an attached key to be used in a cache.

Although it cannot be enforced/checked at compilation time, the contract for this interface is that all implementors MUST be subclasses of Reference.

Author:

Rodrigo Ruiz

Method Summary

V	get() Gets the referenced value.
K	getKey() Gets the key for this reference.

Method Detail

getKey

K getKey()

Gets the key for this reference.

Returns:

The key

get

V get()

Gets the referenced value.

Returns:

The value