1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package org.springframework.cache.interceptor; 18 19 import java.lang.reflect.Method; 20 21 /** 22 * Cache key generator. Used for creating a key based on the given method 23 * (used as context) and its parameters. 24 * 25 * @author Costin Leau 26 * @author Chris Beams 27 * @since 3.1 28 */ 29 public interface KeyGenerator { 30 generate(Object target, Method method, Object... params)31 Object generate(Object target, Method method, Object... params); 32 33 } 34