de.intarsys.tools.component

Interface IExpirationSupport

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExpirationPredicate, ExpireAfter, ExpireAnd, ExpireAt, ExpireNever, ExpireOr, ExpireTimeout, ExpireUsage

public interface IExpirationSupport

Mark a resource that has a restricted lifetime.

ExpirationPredicate may be a good starting point for implementing this behavior.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isExpired() true if this resource is no longer valid (has expired).
void	touch() Mark the resource as just having been used.

Method Detail

isExpired

boolean isExpired()

true if this resource is no longer valid (has expired).

Returns:

touch

void touch()

Mark the resource as just having been used. This is used for example in implementing a idle timeout behavior.