com.gemstone.gemfire.cache

Interface CustomExpiry<K,V>

All Superinterfaces:

CacheCallback

public interface CustomExpiry<K,V>
extends CacheCallback

This is the contract that a custom-expiry element must honor. It determines the expiration characteristics for a specific entry in a region.

Note that if you wish to refer to an implementation of this interface in XML, the implementation must also implement the Declarable interface.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ExpirationAttributes	getExpiry(Region.Entry<K,V> entry) Calculate the expiration for a given entry.

Methods inherited from interface com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.CacheCallback

close

Method Detail

getExpiry

ExpirationAttributes getExpiry(Region.Entry<K,V> entry)

Calculate the expiration for a given entry. Returning null indicates that the default for the region should be used.

The entry parameter should not be used after this method invocation completes.

Parameters:

entry - the entry to calculate the expiration for

Returns:

the expiration to be used, null if the region's defaults should be used.