CacheManager (Dozer :: Core 7.0.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultCacheManager
```
public interface CacheManager
```
Cache manager which is used as the top level interaction when dealing with cached objects

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`cacheExists(String cacheName)`	Checks if cache name exists
`void`	`clearAllEntries()`	Clears all available caches.
`Cache`	`getCache(String cacheName)`	Get cache object by name.
`Collection<String>`	`getCacheNames()`	Returns a collection of all cache names
`Collection<Cache>`	`getCaches()`	Returns a collection of all caches
`Cache`	`putCache(String cacheName, int maximumSize)`	Puts cache object into store

- Method Detail
  - clearAllEntries
```
void clearAllEntries()
```
    Clears all available caches. Should not be used in production. Can be applied on "soft" application restart.
  - getCacheNames
```
Collection<String> getCacheNames()
```
    Returns a collection of all cache names
    
    Returns:
    
    Collection of all cache names
  - getCaches
```
Collection<Cache> getCaches()
```
    Returns a collection of all caches
    
    Returns:
    
    collection of all caches
  - getCache
```
Cache getCache(String cacheName)
        throws MappingException
```
    Get cache object by name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    cacheName - unique cache name
    
    Returns:
    
    Cache object found
    
    Throws:
    
    MappingException - exception is thrown if no cache found
  - putCache
```
Cache putCache(String cacheName,
               int maximumSize)
        throws MappingException
```
    Puts cache object into store
    
    Parameters:
    
    cacheName - cache name to store
    
    maximumSize - maximum number of objects to store in cache
    
    Returns:
    
    Cache object created
    
    Throws:
    
    MappingException - exception is thrown if cache already exists
  - cacheExists
```
boolean cacheExists(String cacheName)
```
    Checks if cache name exists
    
    Parameters:
    
    cacheName - cache name to find
    
    Returns:
    
    true if found, false if doesn't exist