IBM WebSphere Application ServerTM
Release 8

com.ibm.wsspi.cache
Class CacheFeatureSupport

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.ibm.wsspi.cache.CacheFeatureSupport

public abstract class CacheFeatureSupport
extends java.lang.Object

This abstract class is used to indicate the features that are supported by a cache provider. Functionality such as servlet caching, JSP, webservices, command cache, DistributedMap and DistributedNioMap checks with this class before invoking a particular function.

Methods need to be extended by CacheProviders for each of the features listed below. All cache providers other than the default (Dynacache) will return false for ALL the methods in this abstract class. In subsequent releases of WebSphere, CacheProviders may be allowed to support the features listed below.

Since:
WAS 6.1.0.27

Constructor Summary
CacheFeatureSupport()
           
 
Method Summary
abstract  boolean isAliasSupported()
          Indicates if the cache alias ID is supported.
abstract  boolean isDiskCacheSupported()
          Indicates if WebSphere disk cache feature is supported.
abstract  boolean isReplicationSupported()
          Indicates if WebSphere Data Replication Services (DRS) style cache replication is supported.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

CacheFeatureSupport

public CacheFeatureSupport()
Method Detail

isAliasSupported

public abstract boolean isAliasSupported()
Indicates if the cache alias ID is supported.

Returns:
true - the cache alias feature is supported.

isReplicationSupported

public abstract boolean isReplicationSupported()
Indicates if WebSphere Data Replication Services (DRS) style cache replication is supported.

Returns:
true - the cache replication feature is support.

isDiskCacheSupported

public abstract boolean isDiskCacheSupported()
Indicates if WebSphere disk cache feature is supported.

Returns:
true - the disk cache feature is support.

IBM WebSphere Application ServerTM
Release 8