maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/RepositoryCache.java

package org.apache.maven.artifact.repository;

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/**
 * Caches auxiliary data used during repository access like already processed metadata. The data in the cache is meant
 * for exclusive consumption by the repository system and is opaque to the cache implementation.
 *
 * @author Benjamin Bentmann
 */
@Deprecated
//
// Used by Tycho and will break users and force them to upgrade to Maven 3.1 so we should really leave
// this here, possibly indefinitely.
//
public interface RepositoryCache
{

    /**
     * Puts the specified data into the cache. <strong>Warning:</strong> The cache will directly save the provided
     * reference. If the cached data is mutable, i.e. could be modified after being put into the cache, the caller is
     * responsible for creating a copy of the original data and store the copy in the cache.
     *
     * @param request The repository request from which this cache was retrieved, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param key The key to use associate the data with, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param data The data to store in the cache, may be {@code null}.
     */
    void put( RepositoryRequest request, Object key, Object data );

    /**
     * Gets the specified data from the cache. <strong>Warning:</strong> The cache will directly return the saved
     * reference. If the cached data is to be modified after its retrieval, the caller is responsible to create a copy
     * of the returned data and use this instead of the cache record.
     *
     * @param request The repository request from which this cache was retrieved, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param key The key to use for lookup of the data, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return The requested data or {@code null} if none was present in the cache.
     */
    Object get( RepositoryRequest request, Object key );

}