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
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package net.sf.ehcache.bootstrap;
18
19 import net.sf.ehcache.CacheException;
20 import net.sf.ehcache.Ehcache;
21
22 /***
23 * @author Greg Luck
24 * @version $Id: BootstrapCacheLoader.html 13146 2011-08-01 17:12:39Z oletizi $
25 */
26 public interface BootstrapCacheLoader {
27
28 /***
29 * Instructs the loader to load the given cache
30 * @param cache
31 */
32 void load(Ehcache cache) throws CacheException;
33
34 /***
35 *
36 * @return true if this bootstrap loader is asynchronous
37 */
38 boolean isAsynchronous();
39
40 /***
41 * Clones the loader
42 */
43 Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException;
44
45 }