[hibernate-dev] Building a Second Level Cache Provider

Hello devs, I’m trying to build a new hibernate second level cache provider and I’m having a difficult time trying to find documentation or guides about how to do it properly. So far the only thing I’ve found is the package description in the javadocs for *org.hibernate.cache.spi.support* and *org.hibernate.cache.spi*… it’s a good start and I’ve been able to set up a new dummy provider locally, but I’m interested in more technical details like: when and how are the actual methods invoked?, things to consider when making the cache distributed, etc. As a side note, is there any public battery of test that I can use to verify that my implemented provider works as expected when integrated with Hibernate?. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Cheers. -- Ju@N