1 /* Open Source Java Caching Service
2 * Copyright (C) 2002 Frank Karlstrøm
3 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
4 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
5 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
6 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
7 *
8 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
9 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
10 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
11 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
12 *
13 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
14 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
15 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
16 *
17 * The author can be contacted by email: fjankk@users.sourceforge.net
18 */
19 package org.fjank.jcache;
20
21
22
23 /**
24 * This class defines a region in the cache.
25 *
26 * @author Frank Karlstrøm
27 */
28 public class CacheRegion extends org.fjank.jcache.CacheGroup {
29 /** the default region in the cache. */
30 private static CacheRegion defaultRegion;
31
32 /**
33 * Creates new CacheRegionObject
34 *
35 * @param name the name of the new region.
36 * @param attributes the attributes for the new region.
37 */
38 public CacheRegion(final String name, final AttributesImpl attributes) {
39 super(name, attributes);
40 }
41
42 /**
43 * returns the default region in the cache.
44 *
45 * @return the default region in the cache.
46 */
47 public static synchronized CacheRegion getRegion() {
48 if (defaultRegion == null) {
49 defaultRegion = new CacheRegion(null, null);
50 }
51 return defaultRegion;
52 }
53
54 /**
55 * returns a String representation of this region.
56 *
57 * @return a String representation of this region.
58 */
59 public String toString() {
60 return name + " " + weakReferenceObjects;
61 }
62
63
64
65
66 }