001/* 002 * Copyright (C) 2011 The Guava Authors 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package com.google.common.cache; 018 019import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible; 020import com.google.common.base.Function; 021import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap; 022import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ExecutionError; 023import com.google.common.util.concurrent.UncheckedExecutionException; 024 025import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap; 026import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException; 027 028/** 029 * A semi-persistent mapping from keys to values. Values are automatically loaded by the cache, 030 * and are stored in the cache until either evicted or manually invalidated. 031 * 032 * <p>Implementations of this interface are expected to be thread-safe, and can be safely accessed 033 * by multiple concurrent threads. 034 * 035 * <p>When evaluated as a {@link Function}, a cache yields the same result as invoking 036 * {@link #getUnchecked}. 037 * 038 * @author Charles Fry 039 * @since 11.0 040 */ 041@GwtCompatible 042public interface LoadingCache<K, V> extends Cache<K, V>, Function<K, V> { 043 044 /** 045 * Returns the value associated with {@code key} in this cache, first loading that value if 046 * necessary. No observable state associated with this cache is modified until loading completes. 047 * 048 * <p>If another call to {@link #get} or {@link #getUnchecked} is currently loading the value for 049 * {@code key}, simply waits for that thread to finish and returns its loaded value. Note that 050 * multiple threads can concurrently load values for distinct keys. 051 * 052 * <p>Caches loaded by a {@link CacheLoader} will call {@link CacheLoader#load} to load new values 053 * into the cache. Newly loaded values are added to the cache using 054 * {@code Cache.asMap().putIfAbsent} after loading has completed; if another value was associated 055 * with {@code key} while the new value was loading then a removal notification will be sent for 056 * the new value. 057 * 058 * <p>If the cache loader associated with this cache is known not to throw checked 059 * exceptions, then prefer {@link #getUnchecked} over this method. 060 * 061 * @throws ExecutionException if a checked exception was thrown while loading the value. ({@code 062 * ExecutionException} is thrown <a 063 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CachesExplained#interruption">even if 064 * computation was interrupted by an {@code InterruptedException}</a>.) 065 * @throws UncheckedExecutionException if an unchecked exception was thrown while loading the 066 * value 067 * @throws ExecutionError if an error was thrown while loading the value 068 */ 069 V get(K key) throws ExecutionException; 070 071 /** 072 * Returns the value associated with {@code key} in this cache, first loading that value if 073 * necessary. No observable state associated with this cache is modified until loading 074 * completes. Unlike {@link #get}, this method does not throw a checked exception, and thus should 075 * only be used in situations where checked exceptions are not thrown by the cache loader. 076 * 077 * <p>If another call to {@link #get} or {@link #getUnchecked} is currently loading the value for 078 * {@code key}, simply waits for that thread to finish and returns its loaded value. Note that 079 * multiple threads can concurrently load values for distinct keys. 080 * 081 * <p>Caches loaded by a {@link CacheLoader} will call {@link CacheLoader#load} to load new values 082 * into the cache. Newly loaded values are added to the cache using 083 * {@code Cache.asMap().putIfAbsent} after loading has completed; if another value was associated 084 * with {@code key} while the new value was loading then a removal notification will be sent for 085 * the new value. 086 * 087 * <p><b>Warning:</b> this method silently converts checked exceptions to unchecked exceptions, 088 * and should not be used with cache loaders which throw checked exceptions. In such cases use 089 * {@link #get} instead. 090 * 091 * @throws UncheckedExecutionException if an exception was thrown while loading the value. (As 092 * explained in the last paragraph above, this should be an unchecked exception only.) 093 * @throws ExecutionError if an error was thrown while loading the value 094 */ 095 V getUnchecked(K key); 096 097 /** 098 * Returns a map of the values associated with {@code keys}, creating or retrieving those values 099 * if necessary. The returned map contains entries that were already cached, combined with newly 100 * loaded entries; it will never contain null keys or values. 101 * 102 * <p>Caches loaded by a {@link CacheLoader} will issue a single request to 103 * {@link CacheLoader#loadAll} for all keys which are not already present in the cache. All 104 * entries returned by {@link CacheLoader#loadAll} will be stored in the cache, over-writing 105 * any previously cached values. This method will throw an exception if 106 * {@link CacheLoader#loadAll} returns {@code null}, returns a map containing null keys or values, 107 * or fails to return an entry for each requested key. 108 * 109 * <p>Note that duplicate elements in {@code keys}, as determined by {@link Object#equals}, will 110 * be ignored. 111 * 112 * @throws ExecutionException if a checked exception was thrown while loading the value. ({@code 113 * ExecutionException} is thrown <a 114 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CachesExplained#interruption">even if 115 * computation was interrupted by an {@code InterruptedException}</a>.) 116 * @throws UncheckedExecutionException if an unchecked exception was thrown while loading the 117 * values 118 * @throws ExecutionError if an error was thrown while loading the values 119 * @since 11.0 120 */ 121 ImmutableMap<K, V> getAll(Iterable<? extends K> keys) throws ExecutionException; 122 123 /** 124 * @deprecated Provided to satisfy the {@code Function} interface; use {@link #get} or 125 * {@link #getUnchecked} instead. 126 * @throws UncheckedExecutionException if an exception was thrown while loading the value. (As 127 * described in the documentation for {@link #getUnchecked}, {@code LoadingCache} should be 128 * used as a {@code Function} only with cache loaders that throw only unchecked exceptions.) 129 */ 130 @Deprecated 131 @Override 132 V apply(K key); 133 134 /** 135 * Loads a new value for key {@code key}, possibly asynchronously. While the new value is loading 136 * the previous value (if any) will continue to be returned by {@code get(key)} unless it is 137 * evicted. If the new value is loaded successfully it will replace the previous value in the 138 * cache; if an exception is thrown while refreshing the previous value will remain, <i>and the 139 * exception will be logged (using {@link java.util.logging.Logger}) and swallowed</i>. 140 * 141 * <p>Caches loaded by a {@link CacheLoader} will call {@link CacheLoader#reload} if the 142 * cache currently contains a value for {@code key}, and {@link CacheLoader#load} otherwise. 143 * Loading is asynchronous only if {@link CacheLoader#reload} was overridden with an 144 * asynchronous implementation. 145 * 146 * <p>Returns without doing anything if another thread is currently loading the value for 147 * {@code key}. If the cache loader associated with this cache performs refresh asynchronously 148 * then this method may return before refresh completes. 149 * 150 * @since 11.0 151 */ 152 void refresh(K key); 153 154 /** 155 * {@inheritDoc} 156 * 157 * <p><b>Note that although the view <i>is</i> modifiable, no method on the returned map will ever 158 * cause entries to be automatically loaded.</b> 159 */ 160 @Override 161 ConcurrentMap<K, V> asMap(); 162}