core-api/src/main/java/org/apache/directory/server/core/api/CacheService.java

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package org.apache.directory.server.core.api;


import java.io.File;

import net.sf.ehcache.Cache;
import net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager;
import net.sf.ehcache.Status;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;


/**
 * A ehcache based cache service to be used for various caching requirement in the server. 
 * 
 * If a cache config file with the name {@link #DIRECTORY_CACHESERVICE_XML} is present in
 * the "workdirectory" of the DirectoryService then that file will be used for configuring 
 * the {@link CacheManager}, if not a default cache configuration file bundled along with 
 * this class is used
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
 */
public class CacheService
{

    private static final String DIRECTORY_CACHESERVICE_XML = "directory-cacheservice.xml";

    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger( CacheService.class );

    /** the ehcache cache manager */
    private CacheManager cacheManager;


    public CacheService()
    {
    }


    public void initialize( DirectoryService dirService )
    {
        if ( ( cacheManager != null ) && ( cacheManager.getStatus() == Status.STATUS_ALIVE ) )
        {
            LOG.warn( "cache service was already initialized and is alive" );
            return;
        }

        File configFile = new File( dirService.getInstanceLayout().getConfDirectory(), DIRECTORY_CACHESERVICE_XML );

        if ( !configFile.exists() )
        {
            LOG.info( "no custom cache configuration was set, loading the default cache configuration" );

            cacheManager = new CacheManager( getClass().getClassLoader().getResource( DIRECTORY_CACHESERVICE_XML ) );
        }
        else
        {
            LOG.info( "loading cache configuration from the file {}", configFile );

            cacheManager = new CacheManager( configFile.getAbsolutePath() );
        }
    }


    public void destroy()
    {
        LOG.info( "clearing all the caches" );

        cacheManager.clearAll();
        cacheManager.shutdown();
    }


    public Cache getCache( String name )
    {
        LOG.info( "fetching the cache named {}", name );

        return cacheManager.getCache( name );
    }
}