/**

  * Copyright 2005-2013 Dozer Project

  *

  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

  *

  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

  *

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

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  */

 package org.dozer.cache;

 import java.util.Collection;

 /**

  * Internal interface for managing caches. Only intended for internal use.

  * 

  * @author tierney.matt

  * @author dmitry.buzdin

  */

 public interface CacheManager {

   /**

    * Clears all available caches. Should not be used in production. Can be applied on "soft" application restart.

    */

   void clearAllEntries();

   /**

    * Returns a Set of all Cache names

    * @return Set of String objects representing Cache names.

    */

   Collection<String> getCacheNames();

   Collection<Cache> getCaches();

   /**

    * Get Cache object by name.

    * @param cacheName unique cache name

    * @return Cache object or will throw MappingException in case Cache is not registered.

    */

   Cache getCache(String cacheName);

   void addCache(String cacheName, int maximumSize);

   boolean cacheExists(String cacheName);

 }