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package org.springframework.cache.annotation;

import org.springframework.cache.CacheManager;
import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheErrorHandler;
import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheResolver;
import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.KeyGenerator;
import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;

/**
 * Interface to be implemented by @{@link org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration
 * Configuration} classes annotated with @{@link EnableCaching} that wish or need to
 * specify explicitly how caches are resolved and how keys are generated for annotation-driven
 * cache management. Consider extending {@link CachingConfigurerSupport}, which provides a
 * stub implementation of all interface methods.
 *
 * <p>See @{@link EnableCaching} for general examples and context; see
 * {@link #cacheManager()}, {@link #cacheResolver()} and {@link #keyGenerator()}
 * for detailed instructions.
 *
 * @author Chris Beams
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
 * @since 3.1
 * @see EnableCaching
 * @see CachingConfigurerSupport
 */
public interface CachingConfigurer {

	/**
	 * Return the cache manager bean to use for annotation-driven cache
	 * management. A default {@link CacheResolver} will be initialized
	 * behind the scenes with this cache manager. For more fine-grained
	 * management of the cache resolution, consider setting the
	 * {@link CacheResolver} directly.
	 * <p>Implementations must explicitly declare
	 * {@link org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean @Bean}, e.g.
	 * <pre class="code">
	 * &#064;Configuration
	 * &#064;EnableCaching
	 * public class AppConfig extends CachingConfigurerSupport {
	 *     &#064;Bean // important!
	 *     &#064;Override
	 *     public CacheManager cacheManager() {
	 *         // configure and return CacheManager instance
	 *     }
	 *     // ...
	 * }
	 * </pre>
	 * See @{@link EnableCaching} for more complete examples.
	 */
	@Nullable
	CacheManager cacheManager();

	/**
	 * Return the {@link CacheResolver} bean to use to resolve regular caches for
	 * annotation-driven cache management. This is an alternative and more powerful
	 * option of specifying the {@link CacheManager} to use.
	 * <p>If both a {@link #cacheManager()} and {@code #cacheResolver()} are set,
	 * the cache manager is ignored.
	 * <p>Implementations must explicitly declare
	 * {@link org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean @Bean}, e.g.
	 * <pre class="code">
	 * &#064;Configuration
	 * &#064;EnableCaching
	 * public class AppConfig extends CachingConfigurerSupport {
	 *     &#064;Bean // important!
	 *     &#064;Override
	 *     public CacheResolver cacheResolver() {
	 *         // configure and return CacheResolver instance
	 *     }
	 *     // ...
	 * }
	 * </pre>
	 * See {@link EnableCaching} for more complete examples.
	 */
	@Nullable
	CacheResolver cacheResolver();

	/**
	 * Return the key generator bean to use for annotation-driven cache management.
	 * Implementations must explicitly declare
	 * {@link org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean @Bean}, e.g.
	 * <pre class="code">
	 * &#064;Configuration
	 * &#064;EnableCaching
	 * public class AppConfig extends CachingConfigurerSupport {
	 *     &#064;Bean // important!
	 *     &#064;Override
	 *     public KeyGenerator keyGenerator() {
	 *         // configure and return KeyGenerator instance
	 *     }
	 *     // ...
	 * }
	 * </pre>
	 * See @{@link EnableCaching} for more complete examples.
	 */
	@Nullable
	KeyGenerator keyGenerator();

	/**
	 * Return the {@link CacheErrorHandler} to use to handle cache-related errors.
	 * <p>By default,{@link org.springframework.cache.interceptor.SimpleCacheErrorHandler}
	 * is used and simply throws the exception back at the client.
	 * <p>Implementations must explicitly declare
	 * {@link org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean @Bean}, e.g.
	 * <pre class="code">
	 * &#064;Configuration
	 * &#064;EnableCaching
	 * public class AppConfig extends CachingConfigurerSupport {
	 *     &#064;Bean // important!
	 *     &#064;Override
	 *     public CacheErrorHandler errorHandler() {
	 *         // configure and return CacheErrorHandler instance
	 *     }
	 *     // ...
	 * }
	 * </pre>
	 * See @{@link EnableCaching} for more complete examples.
	 */
	@Nullable
	CacheErrorHandler errorHandler();

}
