/*
 * Copyright (c) 2006 Israfil Consulting Services Corporation
 * Copyright (c) 2006 Christian Edward Gruber
 * All Rights Reserved
 * 
 * This software is licensed under the Berkeley Standard Distribution license,
 * (BSD license), as defined below:
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 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 
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 * $Id: GenericCache.java 499 2007-05-15 19:16:17Z christianedwardgruber $
 */
package net.israfil.foundation.caching;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock;
import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;


/**
 * A non-thread-safe cache object
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:cgruber@israfil.net">Christian Edward Gruber</a>
 */
public class GenericCache<K,T> implements Cache <K,T>{
	
	private final ReadWriteLock lock = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
	
	private String id;
	
	private ObjectFactory<T> factory;
	
	private Map<K[],T> _caches = new HashMap<K[],T>();
		
	public GenericCache(String id) {
		this.id = id;
	}
	
	public String getId() {
		return id;
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieves an object from a path in the cache
	 * @param An array of path items identifying the path through the map keys.
	 */
	public T get(K ... path) {
					
		// Get the item from the map
		
		return null;
	}

	public ObjectFactory<T> getFactory() {
		return factory;
	}

	public void purge(K... path) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		
	}

	public void setFactory(ObjectFactory<T> factory) {
		try {
			lock.writeLock().lock();
			this.factory = factory;
			
		} finally {
			lock.writeLock().unlock();
		}
	}
	
	
}