org.hibernate.cache
Interface CacheDataDescription

All Known Implementing Classes:

CacheDataDescriptionImpl

public interface CacheDataDescription

Describes attributes regarding the type of data to be cached.

Author:

Steve Ebersole

isMutable

boolean isMutable()

Is the data marked as being mutable?

Returns:

True if the data is mutable; false otherwise.

isVersioned

boolean isVersioned()

Is the data to be cached considered versioned?

If true, it is illegal for getVersionComparator() to return null.

Returns:

True if the data is versioned; false otherwise.

getVersionComparator

java.util.Comparator getVersionComparator()

Get the comparator used to compare two different version values.

May return null if isVersioned() returns false.

Returns: