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 * Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006 Acegi Technology Pty Limited
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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package org.springframework.security.acls.model;

import org.springframework.security.acls.jdbc.JdbcAclService;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * A caching layer for {@link JdbcAclService}.
 *
 * @author Ben Alex
 *
 */
public interface AclCache {
	// ~ Methods
	// ========================================================================================================

	void evictFromCache(Serializable pk);

	void evictFromCache(ObjectIdentity objectIdentity);

	MutableAcl getFromCache(ObjectIdentity objectIdentity);

	MutableAcl getFromCache(Serializable pk);

	void putInCache(MutableAcl acl);

	void clearCache();
}
