net.sf.ehcache.pool

public Interface PoolEvictor<T extends net.sf.ehcache.pool.PoolParticipant>

Known Direct Implementers

net.sf.ehcache.pool.impl.BalancedAccessEvictor, net.sf.ehcache.pool.impl.FromLargestCachePoolEvictor

Type Parameters

<T>: The type of the resources to free space on.

Imports

java.util.Collection

PoolEvictors are responsible for finding the best candidates in a collection of resources using a shared resource pool and performing eviction on them.

Authors: Ludovic Orban, Alex Snaps

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public boolean	Returns: true if at least N bytes could be freed freeSpace(Collection<PoolAccessor<T>> a collection of resources to free from from, long the number of bytes to free up bytes) Free at least N bytes from a collection of resources

Method Detail

freeSpace	back to summary
public boolean freeSpace(Collection<PoolAccessor<T>> from, long bytes) Free at least N bytes from a collection of resources Parameters from:Collection<PoolAccessor<T>> a collection of resources to free from bytes:long the number of bytes to free up Returns:boolean true if at least N bytes could be freed

freeSpace

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public boolean freeSpace(Collection<PoolAccessor<T>> from, long bytes)

Free at least N bytes from a collection of resources

Parameters

from:Collection<PoolAccessor<T>>: a collection of resources to free from
bytes:long: the number of bytes to free up

Returns:boolean

true if at least N bytes could be freed