ASF_20_SRC_AUTO/src/blocks/woody/java/org/apache/cocoon/woody/CacheManager.java

/*
 * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package org.apache.cocoon.woody;

import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.excalibur.source.Source;

/**
 * Work interface for the component that caches objects for Woody.
 * 
 * @version $Id: CacheManager.java,v 1.3 2004/03/05 13:02:26 bdelacretaz Exp $
 */
public interface CacheManager {
    
    String ROLE = CacheManager.class.getName();

    /**
     * Retrieves an object from the cache.
     */
    Object get(Source source, String prefix);

    /**
     * Saves an object in the cache.
     */
    void set(Object object, Source source, String prefix) throws IOException;
}