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

[Elias Ross (JIRA)]

org.jboss.cache.Caches, which allows for users to access a Cache using various collection interfaces
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                 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


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...)

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