lazyj.cache

Interface ReversableUniqueCache<K,V>

Type Parameters:

K - key type

V - value type

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenericQueryCacher

public interface ReversableUniqueCache<K,V>

Most of the cache entries are reversible, eg if an ID is associated to a unique name you usually need two way queries: "give me the name for this ID" and "give me the ID for this name".

Since:

2007-03-11

Author:

costing

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
K	getKeyForValue(V value) Reverse query, get the key associated with a value.

Method Detail

getKeyForValue

K getKeyForValue(V value)

Reverse query, get the key associated with a value.

Parameters:

value -

Returns:

the key, if it exists, for this value