1 /***
2 * Copyright 2003-2010 Terracotta, Inc.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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15 */
16
17 package net.sf.ehcache;
18
19 /***
20 * A <tt>Disposable</tt> is a resource that needs to release other resources when it is no longer needed.
21 * Resources registered with a CacheManager (or Cache), will have this method called whenever they are disposed themselves...
22 *
23 * @author Alex Snaps
24 * @since 2.5.0
25 */
26 public interface Disposable {
27
28 /***
29 * Disposes the resource and releases any system resources associated
30 * with it. If the resource was already disposed of, this has no effect
31 */
32 void dispose();
33 }