trunk/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/TimeoutMap.java

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package org.apache.camel.util;

/**
 * Represents a map of values which timeout after a period of inactivity.
 *
 * @version 
 */
public interface TimeoutMap<K, V> extends Runnable {

    /**
     * Looks up the value in the map by the given key.
     *
     * @param key the key of the value to search for
     * @return the value for the given key or <tt>null</tt> if it is not present (or has timed out)
     */
    V get(K key);

    /**
     * Returns a copy of the keys in the map
     *
     * @return the keys
     */
    Object[] getKeys();

    /**
     * Returns the size of the map
     *
     * @return the size
     */
    int size();

    /**
     * Adds the key value pair into the map such that some time after the given
     * timeout the entry will be evicted
     *
     * @param key   the key
     * @param value the value
     * @param timeoutMillis  timeout in millis
     */
    void put(K key, V value, long timeoutMillis);

    /**
     * Callback when the value has been evicted
     *
     * @param key the key
     * @param value the value
     * @return <tt>true</tt> to remove the evicted value,
     *         or <tt>false</tt> to veto the eviction and thus keep the value.
     */
    boolean onEviction(K key, V value);

    /**
     * Removes the object with the given key
     *
     * @param key  key for the object to remove
     * @return the value for the given key or <tt>null</tt> if it is not present (or has timed out)
     */
    V remove(K key);

    /**
     * Purges any old entries from the map
     */
    void purge();
}