net.sf.ehcache.pool
Interface PoolEvictor<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the resources to free space on.

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBalancedAccessEvictor, AbstractFromLargestCachePoolEvictor, BalancedAccessOnDiskPoolEvictor, BalancedAccessOnHeapPoolEvictor, FromLargestCacheOnDiskPoolEvictor, FromLargestCacheOnHeapPoolEvictor

public interface PoolEvictor<T>

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

Author:

Ludovic Orban

Method Summary

boolean

freeSpace(Collection<T> from, long bytes) Free at least N bytes from a collection of resources

Method Detail

freeSpace

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

Free at least N bytes from a collection of resources

Parameters:

from - a collection of resources to free from

bytes - the number of bytes to free up

Returns:

true if at least N bytes could be freed