Class CacheRandom

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.io.Serializable, Cache

    public final class CacheRandom
    extends GenericCache
    This class is a GenericCache subclass implementing a random cache replacement policy. In other words, values are added to the cache until it becomes full. Once the cache is full, when a new value is added to the cache, it replaces a randomly selected value in the cache.
    Since:
    1.0
    Version:
    ,
    See Also:
    GenericCache, Serialized Form
    • Constructor Detail

      • CacheRandom

        public CacheRandom​(int capacity)
        Creates a CacheRandom instance with a given cache capacity.

        Parameters:
        capacity - The capacity of the cache.
      • CacheRandom

        public CacheRandom()
        Same as:
         CacheRandom(GenericCache.DEFAULT_CAPACITY);
         
    • Method Detail

      • addElement

        public final void addElement​(java.lang.Object key,
                                     java.lang.Object value)
        Adds a value to the cache. If the cache is full, when a new value is added to the cache, it replaces the first of the current values in the cache to have been added (i.e., Random).

        Specified by:
        addElement in interface Cache
        Specified by:
        addElement in class GenericCache
        Parameters:
        key - The key referencing the value added to the cache.
        value - The value to add to the cache.