[jbosscache-dev] Eviction configuration stuff

[Manik Surtani]

On 15 Nov 2006, at 14:13, Brian Stansberry wrote:

> jbosscache-dev-bounces at lists.jboss.org wrote:
>> Brian,
>>
>> Just trying to understand the eviction config pojos in HEAD,
>>
>> I see a o.j.c.c.EvictionConfig, which I presume is a
>> top-level configuration for evictions.  Within this, I see a
>> collection of o.j.c.c.EvictionRegionConfig which is a
>> regionalised set of configs, and each one of these has a
>> reference to o.j.c.e.EvictionPolicyConfig which is
>> policy-specific.  I also see a o.j.c.e.EvictionConfigurator  
>> interface.
>>
>> 1)  Is there a reason why EvictionPolicyConfig is in o.j.c.e
>> instead of o.j.c.c along with the other configuration classes?
>
> Just because some of this kind of stuff was in o.j.c.e before.  Moving
> them makes more sense. I think I ran out of energy at that point. :-(

No worries, I'll take care of it.

>
>> 2)  Can we lose o.j.c.e.EvictionConfigurator?  Nothing
>> implements this interface and it is deprecated.
>>
>
> It's just there for backward compatibility with any old custom  
> eviction
> policies people have written. I'm perfectly fine with getting rid  
> of it;
> it's ugly.

Wahey!  :-)

>
> - Brian