[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBCACHE-941) org.jboss.cache.Caches, which allows for users to access a Cache using various collection interfaces

org.jboss.cache.Caches, which allows for users to access a Cache using various collection interfaces ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBCACHE-941 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBCACHE-941 Project: JBoss Cache Issue Type: Feature Request Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Reporter: Elias Ross Assigned To: Manik Surtani Attachments: Caches.java, CachesTest.java The java.util.Collections utility class supplies useful methods for dealing with legacy interfaces and wrapping collection classes for concurrency, type safety, read-only, etc. In a simiilar vein, I wrote a "Caches" class that returns java.util.Map instances for a Node, which allow data to be modified through the standard Map interface. This I expect to be extremely useful for allowing uses to integrate their existing application with JBoss Cache, and will eliminate some of the confusion of using a new API and they can use the API they know best. Users also often demand an API which is "generic" so that their code is not tied to a particular vendor. There are basically two methods in Caches, one looks like this: Cache cache = DefaultCacheFactory.getInstance().createCache(); Map m = Caches.asMap(cache); m.put("foo", "bar"); The API and examples explain themselves. "Caches" could also include other useful methods for printing or reporting. Note that this functionality could be considered duplicated from PojoCache...)