modules/spring-data-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/springdata/proxy/IgniteProxy.java

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package org.apache.ignite.springdata.proxy;

/** Reperesents Ignite cluster operations required by Spring Data. */
public interface IgniteProxy {
    /**
     * Gets existing cache with the given name or creates new one.
     *
     * @param name Cache name.
     * @return Cache proxy that provides access to cache with given name.
     */
    public <K, V> IgniteCacheProxy<K, V> getOrCreateCache(String name);

    /**
     * Gets cache with the given name.
     *
     * @param name Cache name.
     * @return Cache proxy that provides access to cache with specified name or {@code null} if it doesn't exist.
     */
    public <K, V> IgniteCacheProxy<K, V> cache(String name);
}