001package votorola.g.sql; // Copyright 2008, 2012, Michael Allan. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Votorola Software"), to deal in the Votorola Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicence, and/or sell copies of the Votorola Software, and to permit persons to whom the Votorola Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The preceding copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Votorola Software. THE VOTOROLA SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE VOTOROLA SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE VOTOROLA SOFTWARE. 002 003import java.sql.*; 004 005 006/** A relational database table with controlled caching of rows. 007 */ 008public interface CacheControlledTable 009{ 010 011 // - C a c h e - C o n t r o l l e d - T a b l e -------------------------------------- 012 013 014 /** Writes and removes rows from the cache, reducing the cache to its skimmed (normal) 015 * size. If you are holding any row references of your own, you should drop them; 016 * their data is apt to become stale if subsequently changed. 017 */ 018 public void skimFlush() throws SQLException; 019 020 021 022 /** Writes all rows that have unwritten changes. Removes no row from the cache. 023 */ 024 public void writeAll() throws SQLException; 025 026 027}