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package net.sf.ehcache.management;

import net.sf.ehcache.CacheException;

/**
 * A management bean for a cache
 *
 * @author Greg Luck
 * @version $Id: CacheMBean.java 5631 2012-05-10 08:31:33Z teck $
 * @since 1.3
 */
public interface CacheMBean {


     /**
     * Removes all cached items.
     *
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the cache is not {@link net.sf.ehcache.Status#STATUS_ALIVE}
     */
    void removeAll() throws IllegalStateException, CacheException;


    /**
     * Flushes all cache items from memory to the disk store, and from the DiskStore to disk.
     *
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the cache is not {@link net.sf.ehcache.Status#STATUS_ALIVE}
     */
    void flush() throws IllegalStateException, CacheException;


    /**
     * Gets the status attribute of the Cache.
     *
     * @return The status value from the Status enum class
     */
    String getStatus();


    /**
     * Gets the cache name.
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Uses a Terracotta clustered store.
     */
    boolean isTerracottaClustered();

    /**
     * Check if the cache may contain elements which the SizeOf engine could not fully size.
     */
    boolean hasAbortedSizeOf();

    /**
     *
     * Gets the JMX read-only CacheConfiguration
     */
    CacheConfiguration getCacheConfiguration();


    /**
     *
     * Gets the JMX cache statistics
     */
    CacheStatistics getStatistics();

}
