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com.ibm.websphere.servlet.cache
Interface IdGenerator

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public interface IdGenerator

The IdGenerator normally is responsible for generating cache entry ids and data ids, and invalidating data ids.

One IdGenerator instance will exist for each cacheable servlet identified in WebSphere. When implementing this interface, be aware that multiple threads may be using the same IdGenerator concurrently.

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Method Summary
java.lang.String	getId(ServletCacheRequest request)           This method is called once on every request for a cacheable servlet.
int	getSharingPolicy(ServletCacheRequest request)           Deprecated.
void	initialize(CacheConfig cc)           Deprecated. This method is called once on servlet initialization, and should take configuration values from its CacheConfig argurment and store them locally. Additional config information from user applications or other sources may be read here as well.

 

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize(CacheConfig cc)

Deprecated. This method is called once on servlet initialization, and should take configuration values from its CacheConfig argurment and store them locally. Additional config information from user applications or other sources may be read here as well.

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getId

public java.lang.String getId(ServletCacheRequest request)

This method is called once on every request for a cacheable servlet. It generates the id that is used as a key by the cache to identify the output of the servlet.

Parameters:

request - The request object being used for this invocation

Returns:

a String uniquely identifying this invocation of a cacheable servlet.

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getSharingPolicy

public int getSharingPolicy(ServletCacheRequest request)

Deprecated.  

Returns:

the Sharing Policy of this cache entry

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