api/maven-api-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/SessionData.java

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package org.apache.maven.api;

import java.util.function.Supplier;

import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Experimental;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nonnull;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nullable;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Provider;
import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.ThreadSafe;

/**
 * A container for data that is specific to a session.
 * All components may use this storage to associate arbitrary data with a session.
 * <p>
 * Unlike a cache, this session data is not subject to purging. For this same reason, session data should also not be
 * abused as a cache (i.e. for storing values that can be re-calculated) to avoid memory exhaustion.
 * <p>
 * <strong>Note:</strong> Actual implementations must be thread-safe.
 *
 * @see Session#getData()
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
@ThreadSafe
@Provider
public interface SessionData {

    /**
     * Associates the specified session data with the given key.
     *
     * @param key the key under which to store the session data, must not be {@code null}
     * @param value the data to associate with the key, may be {@code null} to remove the mapping
     */
    void set(@Nonnull Object key, @Nullable Object value);

    /**
     * Associates the specified session data with the given key if the key is currently mapped to the given value. This
     * method provides an atomic compare-and-update of some key's value.
     *
     * @param key the key under which to store the session data, must not be {@code null}
     * @param oldValue the expected data currently associated with the key, may be {@code null}
     * @param newValue the data to associate with the key, may be {@code null} to remove the mapping
     * @return {@code true} if the key mapping was successfully updated from the old value to the new value,
     *         {@code false} if the current key mapping didn't match the expected value and was not updated.
     */
    boolean set(@Nonnull Object key, @Nullable Object oldValue, @Nullable Object newValue);

    /**
     * Gets the session data associated with the specified key.
     *
     * @param key the key for which to retrieve the session data, must not be {@code null}
     * @return the session data associated with the key or {@code null} if none
     */
    @Nullable
    Object get(@Nonnull Object key);

    /**
     * Retrieve of compute the data associated with the specified key.
     *
     * @param key the key for which to retrieve the session data, must not be {@code null}
     * @param supplier the supplier will compute the new value
     * @return the session data associated with the key
     */
    @Nullable
    Object computeIfAbsent(@Nonnull Object key, @Nonnull Supplier<Object> supplier);
}