com.sun.appserv.web.taglibs.cache

Class CacheUtil

java.lang.Object

com.sun.appserv.web.taglibs.cache.CacheUtil

public class CacheUtil
extends Object

CacheUtil has utility methods used by the cache tag library.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CacheUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static int	convertScope(String scope)
static String	generateKey(String key, javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext pc) This function generates the key to the cache.
static Cache	getCache(javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext pc, int scope) This is used to get the cache itself.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CacheUtil

public CacheUtil()

Method Detail

getCache

public static Cache getCache(javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext pc,
                             int scope)

This is used to get the cache itself. The cache is stored as an attribute in the specified scope.

Returns:

the cache object

generateKey

public static String generateKey(String key,
                                 javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext pc)

This function generates the key to the cache. It creates the key by suffixing the servlet path with either the user-specified key or by keeping a counter in the request attribute which it will increment each time so that multiple cache tags in a page each get a unique key.

Returns:

the generated key

convertScope

public static int convertScope(String scope)