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