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19 package org.apache.maven.artifact.repository;
20
21 /**
22 * Caches auxiliary data used during repository access like already processed metadata. The data in the cache is meant
23 * for exclusive consumption by the repository system and is opaque to the cache implementation.
24 *
25 */
26 @Deprecated
27 //
28 // Used by Tycho and will break users and force them to upgrade to Maven 3.1 so we should really leave
29 // this here, possibly indefinitely.
30 //
31 public interface RepositoryCache {
32
33 /**
34 * Puts the specified data into the cache. <strong>Warning:</strong> The cache will directly save the provided
35 * reference. If the cached data is mutable, i.e. could be modified after being put into the cache, the caller is
36 * responsible for creating a copy of the original data and store the copy in the cache.
37 *
38 * @param request The repository request from which this cache was retrieved, must not be {@code null}.
39 * @param key The key to use associate the data with, must not be {@code null}.
40 * @param data The data to store in the cache, may be {@code null}.
41 */
42 void put(RepositoryRequest request, Object key, Object data);
43
44 /**
45 * Gets the specified data from the cache. <strong>Warning:</strong> The cache will directly return the saved
46 * reference. If the cached data is to be modified after its retrieval, the caller is responsible to create a copy
47 * of the returned data and use this instead of the cache record.
48 *
49 * @param request The repository request from which this cache was retrieved, must not be {@code null}.
50 * @param key The key to use for lookup of the data, must not be {@code null}.
51 * @return The requested data or {@code null} if none was present in the cache.
52 */
53 Object get(RepositoryRequest request, Object key);
54 }