| /* |
| * 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. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
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| */ |
| package org.apache.cocoon.caching; |
| |
| import java.io.Serializable; |
| |
| /** |
| * A CacheValidity object contains all information for one pipeline component |
| * to check if it is still valid.<br> |
| * For example, the FileGenerator stores only the timestamp for the read |
| * xml file in this container. |
| * Although this interface is deprecated it is still used for compatibility! |
| * |
| * @deprecated Use the Avalon Excalibur SourceValidity implementations instead |
| * @author <a href="mailto:cziegeler@apache.org">Carsten Ziegeler</a> |
| * @version CVS $Id: CacheValidity.java,v 1.2 2004/03/05 13:02:45 bdelacretaz Exp $ |
| */ |
| public interface CacheValidity extends Serializable { |
| |
| /** |
| * Check if the component is still valid. |
| * This is only true, if the incoming CacheValidity is of the same |
| * type and has the same values. |
| */ |
| boolean isValid(CacheValidity validity); |
| |
| /** |
| * Creates text represenation of the validity object. |
| * This is used to create fake 'lastModificationDate' for cocoon: sources. |
| * <p>Due to changes in source API, this method is no longer needed, |
| * starting with Cocoon 2.1. |
| */ |
| String toString(); |
| } |