src/java/org/apache/jcs/auxiliary/remote/behavior/IRemoteCacheService.java

package org.apache.jcs.auxiliary.remote.behavior;

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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.rmi.Remote;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.jcs.access.exception.ObjectExistsException;
import org.apache.jcs.engine.behavior.ICacheElement;
import org.apache.jcs.engine.behavior.ICacheService;

/**
 * Used to retrieve and update the remote cache.
 */
public interface IRemoteCacheService
    extends Remote, ICacheService
{
    /**
     * Puts a cache item to the cache.
     * <p>
     * @param item
     * @param requesterId
     * @throws ObjectExistsException
     * @throws IOException
     */
    void update( ICacheElement item, long requesterId )
        throws ObjectExistsException, IOException;

    /**
     * Removes the given key from the specified cache.
     * <p>
     * @param cacheName
     * @param key
     * @param requesterId
     * @throws IOException
     */
    void remove( String cacheName, Serializable key, long requesterId )
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * Remove all keys from the specified cache.
     * <p>
     * @param cacheName
     * @param requesterId
     * @throws IOException
     */
    void removeAll( String cacheName, long requesterId )
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * Returns a cache bean from the specified cache; or null if the key does not exist.
     * <p>
     * Adding the requestor id, allows the cache to determine the sournce of the get.
     * <p>
     * @param cacheName
     * @param key
     * @param requesterId
     * @return ICacheElement
     * @throws IOException
     */
    ICacheElement get( String cacheName, Serializable key, long requesterId )
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * Gets multiple items from the cache based on the given set of keys.
     * <p>
     * @param cacheName
     * @param keys
     * @param requesterId
     * @return a map of Serializable key to ICacheElement element, or an empty map if there is no
     *         data in cache for any of these keys
     * @throws IOException
     */
    Map getMultiple( String cacheName, Set keys, long requesterId )
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * Gets multiple items from the cache matching the pattern.
     * <p>
     * @param cacheName
     * @param pattern
     * @param requesterId
     * @return a map of Serializable key to ICacheElement element, or an empty map if there is no
     *         data in cache matching the pattern.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    Map getMatching( String cacheName, String pattern, long requesterId )
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * @param cacheName
     * @param groupName
     * @return A Set of keys
     * @throws java.rmi.RemoteException
     * @throws IOException 
     */
    Set getGroupKeys( String cacheName, String groupName )
        throws java.rmi.RemoteException, IOException;
}